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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many turns did the primary coil of a step-up transformer have in a diagram?
(a) 225.
(b) 150.
(c) 200.
(d) 175.

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

3. How long were the pieces of bamboo that William wired against each windmill blade for reinforcement?
(a) 2 ft.
(b) 5 ft.
(c) 3 ft.
(d) 4 ft.

4. If someone took medicine provided by the clinic, how long would it usually take to get over a case of malaria?
(a) 3 days.
(b) 10 days.
(c) A week or two.
(d) About a month.

5. How much was Shore Rubber paying for old women's rubber shoes?
(a) 50 kwacha.
(b) Half kilo of salt.
(c) 1 bag of maize.
(d) Quarter pound of tobacco.

6. What was the name of the group that William played when he was first testing his radio station?
(a) Duck and Cover.
(b) Lark.
(c) Black Missionaries.
(d) AKING.

7. Once the windmill lit the light bulb, how long did William hold the lit bulb?
(a) 30 minutes.
(b) 25 minutes.
(c) 20 minutes.
(d) 15 minutes.

8. When William got a battery to store electricity, how long could energy be stored in the battery?
(a) 5 days.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 4 days.

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

10. What was the name of the housekeeper at the house where William stayed when he was at school?
(a) Millie.
(b) Becca.
(c) Anna.
(d) Nancy.

11. What was the name of the falls in southern Malawi where the hydro plants were?
(a) Thomson.
(b) Victoria.
(c) Nkula.
(d) Kalambo.

12. By the end of Chapter 12, how many times a day did William have to climb his tower to fix the windmill?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

13. What mountain did William see in Tanzania?
(a) Mawenzi.
(b) Gessi.
(c) Kilimanjaro.
(d) Meru.

14. Where was the man from who invented a refrigerator that worked using water evaporation from sand?
(a) Zambia.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Ghana.
(d) Mozambique.

15. Who ran the school where William was finally accepted?
(a) Presbyterian missionaries.
(b) Methodist missionaries.
(c) Catholic missionaries.
(d) Baptist missionaries.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of William's body was injured when he climbed his tower to fix the chain on his windmill?

2. When did officials from the Malawi Teacher Training Activity notice William's windmill in the schoolyard at Wimbe Primary?

3. What was the wingspan of William's blade system?

4. Where were William's teachers located when he attended ABCCA?

5. How much did William earn when a man from Kasungu needed boys to help him load wood?

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