"The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" Unit 1 Assessment

What is the title of Chapter 8?

• Twenty-One Pilots

• Twenty Dimes

• Twenty Dams

• Twenty Days

What side effect of malnutrition and starvation causes body parts to bloat?

• Kwashiorkor

• Malaria

• Elephantiasis

• Dengue

What epidemic outbreak affected the Wimbe district?

• COVID

• Cholera

• Chlorine

• Ebola

What was speculated to be the cause of human contagion of cholera?

• A man sneezed on to another person.

• A bat got cooked and eaten in an exotic meat festival.

• A man went to a funeral and caught it there, spreading it when he came back home.

• A virus broke out from quarantine.

What is another cause of the outbreak of cholera? Choose all that apply.

• Insects getting into the latrines, then landing on human food.

• People not having clean water to drink.

• Starvation in Malawi

• Price hikes of maize

What did the people in Malawi put in their water to help prevent sickness?

• Antibiotics

• Salt

• Iodine

• Chlorine

What do Malawians call "corn on the cob"?

• Chakra

• Chikwhapu

• Dowe

• Dale

What are the TWO problems faced by William and his village at the beginning of Chapter 8?

• The famine was still happening and everyone was starving.

• There was an outbreak of cholera.

• His dog Khamba was very sick.

• Two of his sisters died.

Select THREE causes of the cholera outbreak in Chapter 8.

• A man caught it at a funeral and spread it in the village.

• Unclean drinking water.

• Flies spread it from the latrines (toilets).

• They ran out of cholera vaccine.

What was the solution to the problem of famine/starvation in Chapter 8?

• The government supplied maize.

• William had a successful hunt and provided meat.

• William's father takes a new job and makes money to support the family.

• The Dowe (corn) is ready to harvest and feeds everyone.