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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. How many ears of maize did Geoffrey and William eat the first afternoon it was ready?
(a) 30.
(b) 20.
(c) 25.
(d) 15.

2. How far did villagers have to travel to find a man who could get rid of the animal that was killing villagers?
(a) 15 kilometers.
(b) 5 kilometers.
(c) 50 kilometers.
(d) 100 kilometers.

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

4. Who gave William some gum to chew?
(a) His sister.
(b) His cousin.
(c) Herd boys.
(d) His father.

5. On Christmas Day, 2001, what song did William hear from the radio in his sister's room?
(a) Angels We Have Heard on High.
(b) O Little Town of Bethlehem.
(c) Silent Night.
(d) Away in a Manger.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many meals could William's family get from six pails of four?

2. What parable did William remember and tell Geoffrey in Chapter 8?

3. In Chapter 6, how much tobacco were the Kamkwambas able to plant?

4. How far did William have to walk to his new school?

5. How far did people who lived near Wimbe have to travel to find a handful of wood?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Chief Wimbe after he spoke and asked the president to buy grain?

2. How did William persuade the headmaster at school to allow him to attend school even though William didn't have the proper footwear?

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

4. How did farming change after President Banda retired?

5. How did William and his friends make toy trucks?

6. How did Trywell build a two-room house for his family?

7. What was the "hungry season"?

8. What happened when Trywell went to the bank in Kasungu to withdraw his last savings?

9. How did John, Trywell's brother die?

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

(see the answer keys)

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