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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. At the beginning of Chapter 13, what school was advertised on the radio?
(a) Blantyre.
(b) Kaphuka.
(c) Kachokolo.
(d) Mwaya.

2. How deep was the shallow well at William's house?
(a) 40 feet.
(b) 30 feet.
(c) 50 feet.
(d) 60 feet.

3. How much could guys make unloading trucks at ChiPiKU store?
(a) 50 kwacha.
(b) 200 kwacha.
(c) 100 kwacha.
(d) 150 kwacha.

4. After William appeared in interviews on the radio and in newspapers, how high was he able to build his windmill tower?
(a) 51 feet.
(b) 29 feet.
(c) 36 feet.
(d) 40 feet.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Agnes go to visit her parents?

3. How many people did William have to speak in front of at the TED conference?

4. What was the name of the book that William said changed his life?

5. Where were William's teachers located when he attended ABCCA?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How did William try to make biogas?

5. What setbacks did Dr. Mchazime have as a boy?

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

7. Why wouldn't William allow his sisters to sweep or clean his room?

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

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

10. How did William's father help him indirectly as William began his windmill project?

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