There were few people in the town in theold days,_____?为什么要填 were there

There were few people in the town in theold days,_____?为什么要填 were there
There were few people in the town in theold days,_____?
为什么要填 were there

There were few people in the town in theold days,_____?为什么要填 were there
few是半否定词,反义疑问前肯后否,前否后肯,这里前面已经有否定了所以不用再加否定

few几乎没有，表示否定，反意疑问句，前面是否定，疑问部分用肯定，故要填were there

few 是否定词，几乎没有， 所以要用肯定

因为这是一般疑问句，将be动词提前就行了