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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. How many hours did it take William to bore holes in his windmill blades?
(a) 2 hours.
(b) 4 hours.
(c) 5 hours.
(d) 3 hours.

2. How far outside Arusha was the TED conference held?
(a) 15 kilometers.
(b) 25 kilometers.
(c) 30 kilometers.
(d) 20 kilometers.

3. What color were the paper bills that Gilbert used to buy the dynamo for William?
(a) Green.
(b) Red.
(c) Blue.
(d) Yellow.

4. What mountain did William see in Tanzania?
(a) Gessi.
(b) Meru.
(c) Kilimanjaro.
(d) Mawenzi.

5. When did Michael Faraday invent the first transformer?
(a) 1898.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1797.
(d) 1831.

Short Answer Questions

1. What new game did William learn to play in Chapter 9?

2. How long did it take Agnes and her daughters to cut wood for cooking?

3. How many people did William have to speak in front of at the TED conference?

4. What was the name of the book that William said changed his life?

5. Where was Corneille Ewango from?

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 wouldn't William allow his sisters to sweep or clean his room?

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

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

5. At the beginning of Chapter 9, how did William waste time in the trading center?

6. What happened when William tested his windmill for the first time?

7. How did William's father help him indirectly as William began his windmill project?

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

9. What was the library like at Wimbe Primary School?

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

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