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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Tom Reilly approached people asking them to donate money for William's projects, what would some people hand Tom?
(a) Twenty-dollar bills.
(b) Generous checks.
(c) Hundred-dollar bills.
(d) Fifty-dollar bills.

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

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

5. After a maize harvest, for how many months would there be dried cobs to burn?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 1 month.
(c) 4 months.
(d) 2 months.

6. How many hills would Geofrey have to ride up to get diesel?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

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

8. What part of William's body was injured when he climbed his tower to fix the chain on his windmill?
(a) Forearm.
(b) Cheek.
(c) Knuckles.
(d) Knee.

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

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

11. How far outside Arusha was the TED conference held?
(a) 15 kilometers.
(b) 30 kilometers.
(c) 20 kilometers.
(d) 25 kilometers.

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

13. How many hours did it take William to bore holes in his windmill blades?
(a) 3 hours.
(b) 4 hours.
(c) 2 hours.
(d) 5 hours.

14. Who volunteered to be William's first investor?
(a) John Gage.
(b) Tom Reilly.
(c) Jay Walker.
(d) John Doert.

15. How much could guys make unloading trucks at ChiPiKU store?
(a) 50 kwacha.
(b) 200 kwacha.
(c) 150 kwacha.
(d) 100 kwacha.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the housekeeper at the house where William stayed when he was at school?

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

3. How much did the windmill frame weigh?

4. Where did Trywell take Agnes when she got a bad case of Malaria?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 13, what school was advertised on the radio?

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