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

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

• Biology of Man

• Integrated Science

• Explaining Physics

• Using Energy

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.

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

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

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

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

• William

• William's mother

• himself

• Chief Wimbe

In Chapter 10, what became Williams's education?

• church

• the scrapyard

• a prestigious secondary school in the capital

• the local bar

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.

Who is the biggest supporter of William?

• his sister

• his mother

• his father

• his teacher