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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 were the fees for secondary school?

2. Where did the government produce electricity for Malawi?

3. How old was William when his Uncle John died?

4. Where did the trader live who had had gum balls stolen from him?

5. How much did William's father have to pay for the gumballs?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why didn't the Malawian government have any surplus food when other sources ran out?

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

3. How did William's parents meet?

4. Who were William's friends?

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

6. Why did Trywell hand over John's business to John's first-born son?

7. What were hunts like when Trywell was a young man?

8. How did William and his friends make toy trucks?

9. What was the "hungry season"?

10. What plan did Trywell devise to keep his family alive during the famine?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

William commented that in farming a man can lose everything very quickly. Discuss farming in Malawi and why it was so difficult.

Essay Topic 2

Along with the rains came cholera. Discuss cholera and its effects in Malawi.

Essay Topic 3

William found a book that explained the uses of windmills. Discuss how a windmill would benefit William and his family.

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