The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind chapter 8 questions and answers.

What is the topic of this chapter?

• Last 21 Days

• Last Day

• Twenty Days

• Twenty-One Days

The disease which infected William's district.

• Covid-19

• Cholera

• Flu

• Kwashirorkor

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Things that made the bacteria spread.(Mentioned in the book)

• Poorly built latrines that flood with rains.

• Mosquitoes that swarm into peoples houses every night.

• Husks contaminated by cockroaches which were eaten by the people.

• Blowflies spreading the bacteria after crawling out from toilets and landing on food.

Geoffrey was suffering from malnutrition. Name it.

• Marasmus

• Rickets

• Kwashirorkor

• Scurvy

What did the word 'dowe' mean?

• American corn on cob.

• British leaf on carrot

• American leaf on carrot

• British corn on cob

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

"Twenty days,"I (a)   to my father

Fill in the blanks

(all small letters)

Describe the people affected from cholera

• Had eyes filled in red because of no sleep.

• Had cloudy eyes

• Had skin wrinkled from dehydration.

• Had their chin and ears swollen.

"Thats right. We lived. We (a)   .

Fill the blank

(Hint-Synonym of lived.)