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WorksheetsChildren of the Guatemala City Dump
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 16mins
Before Switching his focus to Kari Engen's work in the Guatemala city dump, filmmaker John Biffar had been in Guatemala to film...
Slums in the area
The Presidential Election
Gang Violence
Babies with Malnutrution
Guatemala has ____% of the natural resources in Central America, yet 85% of the population lives in poverty.
5%
7%
80%
8%
___% of the population owns 80% of the land.
2%
20%
50%
80%
What are the three main things that residents of the dump do to survive?
thieves
prostitutes
greenhouse farming
glue sniffers
What were houses in the dump made of?
plastic
brick
cardboard
bamboo
Due to Guatemala's civil war, more than ____ children live in the dump.
4,000
3,000
1,000
2,000
More than half of Guatemala's population of 10 million people live in _______________.
Cancun
Matamoros, Mexico
San Francisco
Guatemala City
Why do some of the people in the dump sniff glue?
to escape their reality
to release their anger
it makes them laugh funny
to get rid of hunger pains
____ generations of people had lived in the dump when they were filming the documentary.
8
2
4
3
One man was asked if he wanted to leave he dump. He said he wanted to move anywhere he could go outside the dump, but stayed because ____.
his family is there
he's addicted to the glue
he likes the school
he is partial to the cuisine
What are two of the violent activities mentioned that occur in the dump?
fist fights
burning houses down
machete fights
towel whipping people
Is there running water in the dump?
Yes
No
Kids compete with the ________ for food.
shoppers
alligators
vultures
local fauna
A light that shines on the people is "Mi Refugio," which means __________.
My Reserve
My Refuge
My Regicide
My Regimine
In "Mi Refugio," food is shared and education is given. It provides nourishment for the...
mind
body
soul
local pets
After her first year teaching in the dump, the only complain that Kari Engen heard was that students...
didn't want to leave for summer break
disliked the curriculum
wanted more hamburgers
didn't like that she was an American woman
The Guatemalan Government thought it was inappropriate for a single American woman to raise the nine children in Mi Refugio who lived there full time. Therefore, they had them moved to ...
government housing
group homes
foster homes
another dump
_________ was a deadly disease to which the people in the dump were more susceptible.
the bubonic plague
Covid-19
pneumonia
cholera
Mathematics, Grammar, and __________ were three subjects taught at Mi Refugio
working skills
fishing
science
English
One boy in the dump needed a prosthetic limb because he was born without the use of his _________.
left ear
left leg
left eyeball
left arm
