BWHTW: Chapters 6-8

The clinic gave way _________________________ at the trading center to help clean the drinking water.

• baking soda

• sugar

• vinegar

• chlorine

WHY did William and Charity want to keep what they had done a secret?

• William and Charity felt ashamed and sad

• William was afraid of what people would think

• William's father would have been angry

• William's cousins would have felt ashamed and sad

WHAT did Mizeck and Charity tell William he needed to do with Khamba?

• take him to the witch doctor

• give him to another family that could care for him

• put him out of his misery

• wait and give him 2 more months

Out of seventy students, how many remained after families had to pay?

• 20

• 60

• 40

• 75

How did the hunger affect William and his classmates' schooling?

• they had to find books to share

• they could not focus on their schoolwork

• it did NOT affect them at all

• it just made them hungrier

The people who had turned to eating "gaga" started getting sick when the traders mixed it with _______________.

• maize husks

• pumpkin leaves

• saw dust

• pumpkin seeds

Why was William disappointed that he was assigned to Kachokolo School?

• it was the best school for both boys and girls

• it was the Best school in town with a Science program and lab

• it was only a school for boys who wanted to study Science

• it was  the poorest school with no Science program or lab

Cholera was highly contagious and spread through contamination of _______________________.

• water

• soap

• blood

• dirt

Williams mother told her children to add _____________________ every time they ate nsima to "trick" their stomachs.

• maize

• pumpkin leaves

• water

• pumpkin seeds

When William and Charity returned to check on Khamba, they saw there had not been a struggle and that Khamba had __________________.

• been taken by William's cousins

• gotten loose

• been taken

• given up his will to live