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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How far did Dr. Mchazime have to drive to Wimbe?
(a) 5 hours.
(b) 4 hours.
(c) 3 hours.
(d) 6 hours.

3. How long did Agnes stay at her parents' home?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 6 days.
(c) 3 weeks.
(d) 2 weeks.

4. When was Baobab founded?
(a) 2001.
(b) 2002.
(c) 1999.
(d) 2000.

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

6. Because of the famine, when did the secondary school where Gilbert went stop having school?
(a) February.
(b) January.
(c) March.
(d) April.

7. After William appeared in interviews on the radio and in newspapers, how high was he able to build his windmill tower?
(a) 36 feet.
(b) 51 feet.
(c) 29 feet.
(d) 40 feet.

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

9. How holes were dug for the windmill?
(a) 12.
(b) 9.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

10. Who founded Baobab?
(a) Gerry Douglas.
(b) David Mortinsen.
(c) Will Robertson.
(d) Andy Bryant.

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

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

13. In a diagram in "Explaining Physics" how many volts were transformed to 240 in a step-up transformer?
(a) 32.
(b) 24.
(c) 48.
(d) 12.

14. What English word did William want to look up when he found a book that changed his life?
(a) Grapes.
(b) Lemon.
(c) Transformer.
(d) Conductor.

15. Where were William's teachers located when he attended ABCCA?
(a) Tanzania.
(b) Michigan.
(c) Colorado.
(d) Lilongwe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did William use to make a flathead screwdriver?

2. How much was Shore Rubber paying for old women's rubber shoes?

3. What was the name of the relative whose phone William charged the first time he charged a mobile phone?

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

5. When did Michael Faraday invent the first transformer?

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