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TEST YOUR HUNGER KNOWLEDGE.
1.  How many people will go to bed hungry tonight?
a) 500,000
b) Nearly a million
c) 500 million
d) Close to a billion
2. TRUE or FALSE: Starvation is what kills most
hungry kids.
3. TRUE or FALSE: You can tell whether kids are
malnourished by their swollen bellies or skeletal
appearance.
4. TRUE or FALSE: The effects of hunger on a child
are totally reversible with the right treatments.

5. Which of the following is a measurement of hunger?
a) Famished
b) Wasting
c) Starving
d) All of the above
6. What do most parents in developing countries do
for a living?
a) Work in an office
b) Farm
c) Work at a school or hospital
d) Sell goods

7. How much does it take to help feed and care

for a child for a month through World Visions
30 Hour Famine?
a) $35
b) $1
c) $125
d) $425
8. How much money do you need to raise through the
30 Hour Famine to qualify for the international trip
of a lifetimea.k.a. the Famine Study Tour?
a) $360
b) $425
c) $500
d) $720
9. TRUE or FALSE: Most teenagers can go without
food for 30 hours without any serious side effects.
10. What kind of hungry will you be at hour 30?
a) Hungry
b) Really hungry
c) Super hungry
d) Hungry mungry

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ITS NOT REALLY CHEATING, ITS JUST THE ANSWERS.

1. How many people will go to bed hungry tonight?

d) Close to a billion
Worldwide, 870 million peopleabout 1 in 8are
hungry. Thats nearly three times the population
of the United States. Remember, these arent just
numberstheyre people.
Just imagine . . .

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your mom
your dad
your siblings
your friends
your grandma
your grandpa
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. . . all hungry

may not look hungry, theres still a silent battle going on

beneath the surface. In many cases, basic body systems
quit working rightfor example, the immune system stops
fighting illness and the brain loses its ability to concentrate.
4. TRUE or FALSE: The effects of hunger on a child are
totally reversible with the right treatments.

 FALSE // The effects of short-term hunger can be

reversed with the right nutrients, but long-term hunger
can permanently damage a childs body. The heart can
literally shrinkmaking it beat harder than it should and
shortening a childs lifespan. Bones can stop growing at
the right pace, permanently stunting height. And as the
brain starves, intelligence drops and the personality can
changeirreversibly.

2. TRUE or FALSE: Starvation is what kills most

hungry kids.

5. Which of the following is a measurement of hunger?

 FALSE // As many as 9,500 kids a day die from

b) Wasting

hunger-related causes. However, most of them die

not because of starvation, but rather from chronic
hungermeaning they went too long without
the right kind of nutrition. A diet without the right
building blocks can weaken their vulnerable bodies
so much that disease swoops in and ends their lives.
3. TRUE or FALSE: You can tell whether kids are
malnourished by their swollen bellies or skeletal
appearance.

 FALSE // You dont have to have a bloated belly

or look emaciated to be malnourished. All it takes
is continually missing out on the key nutrients your
body needs. So while some malnourished kids

Wasting is severe weight loss caused by hunger and is

calculated using a childs weight-to-height ratio. Two other
hunger-measurement terms are stunting (below-normal
height) and underweight.
6. What do most parents in developing countries do
for a living?

  b) Farm
Most farmers in impoverished communities depend
entirely on what they can grow, so they are never more
than one disaster away from hunger. Called subsistence
farmers, these hardworking folks produce barely enough
crops to feed their families, let alone to sell.

CONTINUED . . .

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communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice.
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CONTINUED . . .

7. How much does it take to help feed and care for a

child for a month through World Visions 30 Hour
Famine?

 a) $35

10. What kind of hungry will you be at hour 30?

 TRICK QUESTION! // Take the personality

quiz on page 5 of your Student Guide to get your
personalized answer.

When you do the Famine, youll experience hunger

yourself and raise funds to help hungry kids. Every
$35 can help feed and care for a child for a month!
8. How much money do you need to raise through the
30 Hour Famine to qualify for the international trip
of a lifetimea.k.a. the Famine Study Tour?

 c) $500

WATCH AND LEARN // Check

out the Famines educational videos on
youtube.com/the30hourfamine or on
the DVD that came in your Famine Kit.

Every student who raises $500 is eligible to apply

for the Famine Study Tour. The students who are
selected get to visit a World Vision community where
theyll see how funds like the ones theyve raised are
helping to overcome hunger and save lives.
Ethiopia, Zambia, and Bolivia, are just a few of the
places the Famine Study Tour has traveled in the
past. Check out 30hourfamine.org/studytour to
learn more!
9. TRUE or FALSE: Most teenagers can go without
food for 30 hours without any serious side effects.

 TRUE // Most people (even teenagers) can

go without food for 30 hours without any side
effects. The legal folks would like us to mention
that exceptions include, but are not limited to: children
younger than 12 and the elderly; pregnant or nursing
women; and people with specific medical conditions
or eating disorders. If you or your parents have any
concern, check with your doctor first.

30 Hour Famine // 1.800.7.FAMINE (1.800.732.6463) // 30hourfamine.org

World Vision is a Christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families, and their
communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice.
30 Hour Famine. Students loving God and fighting hunger.

30HF136031_0913 2013 World Vision, Inc.