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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Agnes go to visit her parents?
(a) 2003.
(b) 2002.
(c) 2004.
(d) 2005.

2. Where did Soyapi Mumba work?
(a) Illovo Sugar.
(b) Indebank.
(c) Baobab Health.
(d) Malawi Posts.

3. When did officials from the Malawi Teacher Training Activity notice William's windmill in the schoolyard at Wimbe Primary?
(a) 2007.
(b) 2005.
(c) 2008.
(d) 2006.

4. How much did the windmill frame weigh?
(a) About 100 pounds.
(b) 85 pounds.
(c) About 90 pounds.
(d) 75 pounds.

5. How many volts did a generator produce that used a treadmill motor?
(a) 22.
(b) 48.
(c) 36.
(d) 60.

6. How many years after William first had his idea for the windmill did he speak at the TED conference?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

7. How did William use to protect his windmill poles from termites?
(a) Set posts in concrete.
(b) Covered posts with kerosene.
(c) Wrapped posts in black plastic.
(d) Put posts in plastic jugs.

8. At the beginning of Chapter 13, what school was advertised on the radio?
(a) Kachokolo.
(b) Mwaya.
(c) Blantyre.
(d) Kaphuka.

9. What color hair did Tom Rielly have?
(a) Black.
(b) Red.
(c) Brown.
(d) Gray.

10. How long did William keep a book called Explaining Physics and study it daily?
(a) 6 weeks.
(b) A month.
(c) 3 weeks.
(d) 2 months.

11. What new game did William learn to play in Chapter 9?
(a) Checkers.
(b) Senet.
(c) Chess.
(d) Mancala.

12. What time was recess at the secondary school that Gilbert attended?
(a) 9:30 a.m.
(b) 10:30 a.m.
(c) 10 a.m.
(d) 9 a.m.

13. How deep was the shallow well at William's house?
(a) 60 feet.
(b) 40 feet.
(c) 50 feet.
(d) 30 feet.

14. What did William use to make a flathead screwdriver?
(a) Flattened piece of metal.
(b) Wire.
(c) Bicycle spoke.
(d) File.

15. When did Michael Faraday invent the first transformer?
(a) 1898.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1797.
(d) 1831.

Short Answer Questions

1. How tall was the first tree that William Geoffrey, and Gilbert chopped down for the windmill tower?

2. Where was Corneille Ewango from?

3. How many people began showing up daily to see William's windmill after it was built?

4. How much did Gilbert spend to buy nuts and bolts for William?

5. How long were the pieces of bamboo that William wired against each windmill blade for reinforcement?

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