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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kingdom did King Shaka rule?

2. What percent of Malawians did William say had electricity?

3. What were the fees for secondary school?

4. What were witches and wizards supposedly allergic to?

5. In 2002, when was the tobacco ready to prune?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did William describe courtship rituals?

2. Who were William's friends?

3. How did Trywell build a two-room house for his family?

4. How did farming change after President Banda retired?

5. How did William's parents meet?

6. Why was cholera a terrible way to die?

7. Describe the lamps the Kamkwamba family used to find their way at night.

8. What would William and Geoffrey use as a power source when they were fixing radios?

9. How did Khamba die?

10. How did William's family celebrate Christmas before the famine?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

William shared good times and bad times in his autobiography. Discuss the overall mood of the book.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss step-up transformers and how and why William built one.

Essay Topic 3

William's greatest fear was that he would end up like his father. Discuss why William feared becoming like his father.

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