The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind ch 9

How did Khamba die?

• He was killed for meat.
• He became ill from disease.
• He died of old age.
• He was left in the field.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

What illness spread throughout Malawi?

• Dysentery
• Influenza
• Cholera

What is the condition that many Malawi suffered from which is caused by the lack of protein in the diet and results in the arms, legs, and bellies of those suffering to fill with fluid and become fat?

• Kamkwamba
• Diabetes
• Kwashiorkor

After the famine, the first thing that William and his family eat is dowe.  Dowe is...

• green maize, eaten like corn on the cob.
• pumpkin leaves
• boiled goat skin

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.4D

CCSS.RL.6.4

"The fat green blowflies swarmed out like a Biblical plague and smashed into your head and face."
What type of figurative language is used in the sentence above?

• metaphor
• simile
• personification

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

William and his family break their famine with dowe, which is...

• green maize, eaten like corn on the cob
• nsima porridge
• boiled goat skin

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RI.6.4

What book changed William's life?

• Using Energy
• Malawi Junior Integrated Science
• Explaining Physics

What is the first electronic that is powered by the small windmill?

• a water pump
• a light bulb
• a radio