The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope Test | Final Test - Medium

William Kamkwamba
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 101 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope Test | Final Test - Medium

William Kamkwamba
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 101 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. After a maize harvest, for how many months would there be dried cobs to burn?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 4 months.
(d) 1 month.

2. What did William use to make a flathead screwdriver?
(a) Bicycle spoke.
(b) Wire.
(c) Flattened piece of metal.
(d) File.

3. What was the name of the housekeeper at the house where William stayed when he was at school?
(a) Nancy.
(b) Becca.
(c) Anna.
(d) Millie.

4. With the dynamo, how many volts did the windmill produce?
(a) 24.
(b) 12.
(c) 32.
(d) 20.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did students call William when they saw him digging in the scrapyard?

2. How many meters of wire did William get from Charity?

3. When Tom Reilly approached people asking them to donate money for William's projects, what would some people hand Tom?

4. What part of William's body was injured when he climbed his tower to fix the chain on his windmill?

5. When did President Muluzi step down?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was it difficult for William to read on his own books from the library?

2. How did William try to make biogas?

3. How did Tom Reilly help William raise money?

4. Who did Dr. Mchazime bring to interview William?

5. How did William get a dynamo for his windmill?

6. Describe the place where William put his windmill together.

7. Where did William get the wire that he needed to get lighting into his room?

8. Who were some of the people who came to see William's windmill in Chapter 11?

9. At the beginning of Chapter 9, how did William waste time in the trading center?

10. What was the library like at Wimbe Primary School?

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