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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What parable did William remember and tell Geoffrey in Chapter 8?
(a) Sower of seeds.
(b) Good Samaritan.
(c) Prodigal son.
(d) Lost coin.

2. How far did people have to go to get fuel at the petrol station in Mtunthama?
(a) 15 kilometers.
(b) 7 kilometers.
(c) 5 kilometers.
(d) 1 kilometer.

3. How many weeks could it take for tobacco to dry?
(a) 9 weeks.
(b) 6 weeks.
(c) 7 weeks.
(d) 8 weeks.

4. As the maize disappeared, how much was gaga being sold for?
(a) 150 kwacha.
(b) 100 kwacha.
(c) 50 kwacha.
(d) 125 kwacha.

5. How many weeks did it take for thieves to strip the Gilbert family's fields?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the dowe ready in the Kamkwamba's fields?

2. How many days did William spend with his grandparents after he tried to get mangolomera?

3. What kingdom did King Shaka rule?

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

5. What disease killed the chickens before Christmas of 2001?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the lamps the Kamkwamba family used to find their way at night.

2. How did farming change after President Banda retired?

3. Why was cholera a terrible way to die?

4. Why was a black rhino a problem to the people in a village in Chapter 1?

5. What did Trywell tell William they would do about those who stole the Kamkwamba's crops?

6. What were hunts like when Trywell was a young man?

7. What plan did Trywell devise to keep his family alive during the famine?

8. How did William describe courtship rituals?

9. Why didn't the Malawian government have any surplus food when other sources ran out?

10. What would William and Geoffrey use as a power source when they were fixing radios?

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