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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 long did William keep a book called Explaining Physics and study it daily?
(a) A month.
(b) 6 weeks.
(c) 3 weeks.
(d) 2 months.

2. When did Agnes go to visit her parents?
(a) 2002.
(b) 2003.
(c) 2004.
(d) 2005.

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

4. How long did it take Agnes and her daughters to cut wood for cooking?
(a) 4 hours.
(b) 3 hours.
(c) 2 hours.
(d) 5 hours.

5. What English word did William want to look up when he found a book that changed his life?
(a) Grapes.
(b) Conductor.
(c) Lemon.
(d) Transformer.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did officials from the Malawi Teacher Training Activity notice William's windmill in the schoolyard at Wimbe Primary?

2. How tall was the first tree that William Geoffrey, and Gilbert chopped down for the windmill tower?

3. What color were the paper bills that Gilbert used to buy the dynamo for William?

4. When did Michael Faraday invent the first transformer?

5. If someone took medicine provided by the clinic, how long would it usually take to get over a case of malaria?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how the belts worked that William used to replace the chain on his windmill.

2. What happened to many boys who dropped out of school?

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

4. How did money from donors help William help his family?

5. How did the word get out about William's windmills?

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

7. What pressure did William feel after his windmill was completed?

8. How would people charge their mobile phones?

9. How did William get rid of termites when a beam fell from his bedroom ceiling?

10. How did William and his father feel about the harvest in Chapter 10?

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