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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. How many days did William spend with his grandparents after he tried to get mangolomera?

2. When would William be able to take his Junior Certificate Exams?

3. During the famine, which of William's sisters contracted malaria?

4. When was the dowe ready in the Kamkwamba's fields?

5. How did William's grandfather's grandmother die?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What precautions were taken to help stop the spread of cholera?

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

4. How did William describe courtship rituals?

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

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

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

8. What did William determine to do after he failed to get into the secondary school that he wanted to attend?

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

10. Who was Banda?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

William would never have been able to get his windmill started without the help of his friends. Discuss how William's friends helped him with the windmill project.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

When William was a young boy, magic ruled his world. The objective of this lesson is to compare and contrast how William and his father viewed magic.

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