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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. Where was the first place where the dowe was ready?
(a) Nkopola.
(b) Mzuzu.
(c) Michinji.
(d) Nkhoma.

2. When was the first time that William had seen President Muluzi?
(a) 1998.
(b) 1999.
(c) 2000.
(d) 2001.

3. What was the only meat that William's family had to eat sometimes?
(a) Goat.
(b) Grasshoppers.
(c) Birds.
(d) Chicken.

4. Where did Trywell live when he was a trader?
(a) Zomba.
(b) Tete.
(c) Dowa.
(d) Mzuzu.

5. What was the price of maize in Chapter 7?
(a) Almost 1,000 kwacha a pail.
(b) Nearly 1,100 kwacha a pail.
(c) 500 kwacha a pail.
(d) 850 kwacha a pail.

Short Answer Questions

1. What religion did Gilbert's family follow?

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

3. What month did William say was harvest time in Malawi?

4. How long did children believe it took witch planes to travel to Zambia and London?

5. Where did William's people live many generations ago?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did William say that his father saved him from certain death when William was 6?

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

3. What bit of luck did Geoffrey have during a storm?

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

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

6. How did Khamba die?

7. Who were William's friends?

8. What happened to the forests of Malawi?

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

10. How did Malawians eat maize?

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