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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. In a diagram in "Explaining Physics" how many volts were transformed to 240 in a step-up transformer?
(a) 48.
(b) 24.
(c) 12.
(d) 32.

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

3. What mountain did William see in Tanzania?
(a) Gessi.
(b) Kilimanjaro.
(c) Meru.
(d) Mawenzi.

4. Where was Corneille Ewango from?
(a) South Africa.
(b) Tanzania.
(c) Congo.
(d) Ethiopia.

5. How many page results came up on Google for the word "windmill"?
(a) 1,300,000.
(b) 798, 543.
(c) 5,000,000.
(d) 283,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many electron tubes did William say were in a color television?

2. How long were the pieces of bamboo that William wired against each windmill blade for reinforcement?

3. At the beginning of Chapter 13, what school was advertised on the radio?

4. What did William use to make a flathead screwdriver?

5. How many years after William first had his idea for the windmill did he speak at the TED conference?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened when William tested his windmill for the first time?

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

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

4. When Tom Reilly asked William what his goals were, what did William say?

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

6. When William was in Tanzania, what was similar about what he saw in that country and what he would have seen at home?

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

8. What did Tom Reilly do after the TED conference?

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

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

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