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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 holes were dug for the windmill?
(a) 6.
(b) 9.
(c) 3.
(d) 12.

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

3. Once the windmill lit the light bulb, how long did William hold the lit bulb?
(a) 30 minutes.
(b) 15 minutes.
(c) 25 minutes.
(d) 20 minutes.

4. What was the name of the relative whose phone William charged the first time he charged a mobile phone?
(a) Margaret.
(b) Daisy.
(c) Rose.
(d) Rebecca.

5. How many people did William have to speak in front of at the TED conference?
(a) 225.
(b) 180.
(c) 450.
(d) 375.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who operated the library at Wimbe Primary School?

2. When was Baobab founded?

3. How many turns did a secondary coil of a step-up transformer have in a diagram?

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

5. How far was Chipumba from William's home?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did William try to make biogas?

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

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

5. Why did William want a battery?

6. How did William believe that a windmill would help him and his family?

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

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

9. How would people charge their mobile phones?

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

(see the answer keys)

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