The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Ch. 15

"As the bus exited the airport, I gazed out the window to see if Tanzania looked any different from Malawi, but what I saw saw was very similar: The highway was filled with minibuses crammed with people; a giant lorry belched smoke and swerved to miss an old man on a bicycle."

(p. 260)

What type of figurative language is in the excerpt above?

• idiom

• metaphor

• personification

• allusion

What geographical feature does William see as he's traveling? (p. 261)

• Mount Kilimanjaro, the biggest mountain in Africa.

• Nyamuragira, the largest active volcano in Africa.

• Victoria Falls, the largest waterfall in Africa.

• The Nile River, the longest river in Africa.

What invention impressed William the most at the TED conference? (p 260-267)

• The internet and Google

• laptops and portable computers

• 35 mm cameras

• iPod Nano

What did William NOT do with the money donated at TED? pgs 273-274)

• buy mattresses for his sisters

• pay for Gilbert to go back to school

• drill a bore hole for water

• pay for a better windmill

What was ironic about seeing giraffes, hippos, and elephants for the first time at San Diego Wild Animal Park?

(pgs. 276-277)

• He saw them once before at the Kasungu National Park in Wimbe.

• He saw them everyday in Africa.

• These same animals lived only half an hour from his home, but it took him flying ten thousand miles to America to finally see them.

• These same animals lived only ten thousand hours from his home, but it took him flying thirty thousand miles to America to finally see them.

All of the following could be different themes of the book except:

• If you want to make it, all you have to do is try

• Hard work and perseverance can take you far

• chase your dreams and never let them go regardless of life's difficulties

• If things are too hard, just give up