The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope Quiz | One Week Quiz A

William Kamkwamba
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope Quiz | One Week Quiz A

William Kamkwamba
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 101 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 6 - Chapters11 and 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the only meat that William's family had to eat sometimes?
(a) Grasshoppers.
(b) Chicken.
(c) Birds.
(d) Goat.

2. What was the wingspan of William's blade system?
(a) 5 ft.
(b) 7 ft.
(c) 6 ft.
(d) 8 ft.

3. When gaga ran low, what did traders mix with it?
(a) Insects.
(b) Sawdust.
(c) Twigs.
(d) Small stones.

4. How many turns did a secondary coil of a step-up transformer have in a diagram?
(a) 3,000.
(b) 2,000.
(c) 1,500.
(d) 1,000.

5. What time would William get up during planting season?
(a) 7 a.m.
(b) 6 a.m.
(c) 4 a.m.
(d) 5 a.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the lowest grade that William received on his primary school exams?

2. Where was it rumored that some farmers caught men in their fields and cut off the men's arms?

3. In the shade of what tree did William put his windmill together?

4. In a diagram in "Explaining Physics" how many volts were transformed to 240 in a step-up transformer?

5. When did President Banda retire?

(see the answer key)

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