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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What was the name of the book that William said changed his life?
(a) Science and Energy.
(b) Using Energy.
(c) Exploring Physics.
(d) Integrated Science.

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

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

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

8. After Tom helped William buy materials to upgrade his windmill, how many days did it take William and other workers to make the changes?
(a) 2 days.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 5 days.
(d) 4 days.

9. What was the name of the relative whose phone William charged the first time he charged a mobile phone?
(a) Rebecca.
(b) Rose.
(c) Daisy.
(d) Margaret.

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

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

12. When did William attend the TED conference?
(a) 2007.
(b) 2008.
(c) 2009.
(d) 2006.

13. Who donated the books for the library in Wimbe Primary School.
(a) Vice President of Malawi.
(b) American government.
(c) British government.
(d) President of Malawi.

14. How much did the speed of the windmill blades and the voltage increase after William increased the height of his windmill tower?
(a) Four times.
(b) Half again as much.
(c) Double.
(d) Three times.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did it take William to dig up an old pipe that had been buried under an old bathhouse?

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

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

4. How many hills would Geofrey have to ride up to get diesel?

5. Where was Corneille Ewango from?

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