The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Ch. 2 Review

What is 'tuberculosis'?

• William's uncle

• A disease

• A village in Malawi

• A witch doctor

The dog's name is . . .

• Socrates

• Chichewa

• Masitala

• Khamba

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

“In most other parts of Africa, dogs are used to protect homes and farms. No one buys them as pets like they do in America, and they certainly don’t lavish them with rubber toys and fancy food” (38).

Part A: Which best describes the meaning of the word lavish as it is used in the excerpt?

• bathe

• pamper

• tease

• scold

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

“In most other parts of Africa, dogs are used to protect homes and farms. No one buys them as pets like they do in America, and they certainly don’t lavish them with rubber toys and fancy food” (38).

Part B: Which word from the excerpt best helps the reader to understand the meaning of the word lavish?

• protect

• farms

• pets

• fancy

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

“Khamba didn’t worry about bones at all, just swallowed his birds in one quick gulp and wagged his tail for more. I started laughing. ‘When it comes to hunting, you’re very patient.’ I told him. ‘But when it’s time to eat, that’s another story!’” (44).

Which of the following is a method used by the writers in the excerpt to further develop our understanding of William?

• description

• example

• dialogue

• allusion

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

“Khamba didn’t worry about bones at all, just swallowed his birds in one quick gulp and wagged his tail for more. I started laughing. ‘When it comes to hunting, you’re very patient.’ I told him. ‘But when it’s time to eat, that’s another story!’” (44).

Which of the following is something the reader can infer about William’s character from the excerpt?

• William has a sense of humor.

• William doesn’t like how Khamba eats.

• William is kind and patient.

• William enjoys hunting.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Reread an excerpt from chapter 2 of The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, starting on page 40 (“One morning after the rains . . .”) and ending on page 41 (“. . . waistband of my trousers”).

Which of the following is a method used by the writers in this excerpt to further develop our understanding of William?

• anecdote

• dialogue

• examples

• photographs

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

The actual words spoken by an individual to another individual; written with quotation marks.

• Inner Thoughts

• Allusion

• Dialogue

• Anecdote

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

A short and interesting, sometimes funny, story.

• Anecdote

• Allusion

• Description

• Examples

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

I pleaded in silence: Don't let me down (page 3).

This is an example of

• Description

• Dialogue

• Inner Thoughts

• Allusion

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3