Quiz - Ch 9 + 10- The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

How did William educate himself while he was a 'dropout'?

• he listened to science radio

• he read books from the library at Wimbe Primary School

• he watched PBS on the community television

• his uncle tutored him in Physics

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What book did William NOT read while on 'independent study'?

• Biology of Man

• Integrated Science

• Explaining Physics

• Using Energy

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

Why does William want to create a windmill?

• so he can open his own horse racing business

• because he loves birds

• to become famous in America

• to provide power and freedom to his people.

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What did William and Geoffrey search for as an integral part of their creation?

• a doctor's mask; they needed porous paper

• a woman's shoe; they needed rubber

• a plastic water bottle from America; they needed a certain type of plastic

• a scalpel, they needed a tiny blade

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What did they boys use their windmill to power as Chapter 9 ends?

• William's father's radio

• an old television

• a Sony walkman

• a flashlight

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

True or False? At the start of Chapter 10, William returns to school, only to find that he has to leave due to an unpaid tuition.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

After William is forced to drop out of school, who does William's father consider a failure?

• William

• William's mother

• himself

• Chief Wimbe

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

In Chapter 10, what became Williams's education?

• church

• the scrapyard

• a prestigious secondary school in the capital

• the local bar

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

How does William finish the windmill?

• He and Gilbert find the perfect part in the scrapyard, an old Chevy motor.

• He and Gilbert buy a bicycle dynamo for 200 kwacha.

• William digs up an old dynamo from the 1920's.

• William makes a dynamo with a bunch of old cell phones.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Who is the biggest supporter of William?

• his sister

• his mother

• his father

• his teacher

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3