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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 part of William's body was injured when he climbed his tower to fix the chain on his windmill?

2. What mountain did William see in Tanzania?

3. When did William attend the TED conference?

4. What was the wingspan of William's blade system?

5. Because of the famine, when did the secondary school where Gilbert went stop having school?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How would people charge their mobile phones?

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

5. Why did William want a battery?

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

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

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

9. How did William get rid of termites when a beam fell from his bedroom ceiling?

10. Where did William get the wire that he needed to get lighting into his room?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Malawi had many energy problems. Discuss the energy problems in Malawi and the effects of the lack of energy.

Essay Topic 3

Once the windmill was working, William began to wire his room for electricity. Discuss the problems William faced when he installed electricity in his room and house and how he solved them.

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