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What is Science
What was William's favorite subject in School? Why did William want to attend Chayamba or Kasunga school?
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A condition caused by lack of protein that causes swelling.
What is kwashiorkor?
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highly contagious infection that causes severe diarrhea.
What is cholera?
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He goes to the library
Where does William go to keep his mind stimulated/active?
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to take back
What does the word reclaim mean?
to return to take back to hold to send |
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He was unable to successfully study due to poverty and lack of electricity.
Why did William not get accepted to his school of preference (Chayamba and Kasungu)?
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Stories of their loved-ones who passed away
What stories were people sharing during the famine?
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chlorine
What did the government tell people to put in their water to keep it clean for drinking?
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Textbooks to keep up with his classmates.
What kind of books does he check-out? Why?
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to give off
What is another word for radiate?
to hide to give off to push to force |
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sawdust
What did the businessmen contaminate the gaga with?
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brought him into middle of forest with his friends and abandonned him. Then burried him alive.
How did William assist in Killing Khamba?
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didn't eat enough protein; dizziness, trouble dizzy.
Why did Geoffrey get anemia? What were his symptoms?
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uses diagrams and images as well as reading strategies
How does William teach himself to read English books?
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to give/send a message from one to another
What is to transmit
to lose to find to give (a message) from one to another |
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-lack of seats
-holes in the roof -middle and high school are not free (need tuition)
Give 2 examples of how school is different in Wimbe from the USA?
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"It's time to be a man"
What did Mizeck tell William when he was in denial about Khamba's suffering?
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They gave him half of their flour.
How did William's family help Geoffrey?
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Hydro Power
What kind of energy is used by ESCOM to produce electricity for the country?
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the library
What was in dissaray in the book? Give another word
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he dropped out of Kachacholo
What happens to William since his father couldn't pay his tuition?
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Assisting in Khamba's killing
What was William's deep secret?
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the maize stalks had reached my father's head
By the beginning of March 2002, what happened to the maize stalks.
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Using Energy
What book changed William's life?
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water
What is another word for hydro?
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