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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 color hair did Tom Rielly have?

2. After William appeared in interviews on the radio and in newspapers, how high was he able to build his windmill tower?

3. Who donated the books for the library in Wimbe Primary School.

4. In a diagram in "Explaining Physics" how many volts were transformed to 240 in a step-up transformer?

5. What was the name of the group that William played when he was first testing his radio station?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Tom Reilly help William raise money?

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

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

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

5. How would people charge their mobile phones?

6. Why did William want a battery?

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

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

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 and his father feel about the harvest in Chapter 10?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

After William received the grades for his Standard Eight exams, he explained how the education system in Malawi. Discuss education in Malawi and how William fared in the educational system.

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