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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. Once the windmill lit the light bulb, how long did William hold the lit bulb?

2. When did Agnes go to visit her parents?

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

4. With the dynamo, how many volts did the windmill produce?

5. After a maize harvest, for how many months would there be dried cobs to burn?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happened to many boys who dropped out of school?

4. What did Tom Reilly do after the TED conference?

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

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

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

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

9. How did William get a dynamo for his windmill?

10. Who were some of the people who came to see William's windmill in Chapter 11?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

William and his friend Geoffrey used ingenuity to learn how to fix radios. Discuss ingenuity and how William and his friend Geoffrey used ingenuity for their projects.

Essay Topic 2

After successfully building the windmill, William tried inventing other things. Discuss William's successes and failures as an inventor. Did he have more successes or failures?

Essay Topic 3

William's Uncle John died. Discuss the reactions to his death.

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