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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 percent of Malawians did William say had electricity?
(a) 67.
(b) 2.
(c) 15.
(d) 35.

2. What animal was bothering a village in Chapter 1?
(a) Lion.
(b) Rhino.
(c) Hippo.
(d) Tiger.

3. What occupation did most Malawian men pursue?
(a) Mill wright.
(b) Farming.
(c) Welder.
(d) Trader.

4. What did Uncle John die from?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Malaria.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Cancer.

5. What was Uncle John's wife's name?
(a) Mesi.
(b) Chiwa.
(c) Abikanile.
(d) Enifa.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far did people have to go to get fuel at the petrol station in Mtunthama?

2. Where did William's people live many generations ago?

3. How far did villagers have to travel to find a man who could get rid of the animal that was killing villagers?

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

5. What did Agnes' father do for a living?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What precautions were taken to help stop the spread of cholera?

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

4. How did William describe courtship rituals?

5. What did William determine to do after he failed to get into the secondary school that he wanted to attend?

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

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

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

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

10. What was the "hungry season"?

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