HMH 5th grade M1 Week 2 Winds of Hope/ Wheelchair Sports

1 How did William get many of the parts needed to build his windmill?

• He borrowed them from his teachers.

• He collected them from the junkyard.

• He bought them at a store in town.

• He looked for them in the maize fields.

When the author describes the axle of the windmill, she explains that when the wind blows,

the blades rotate and spin the bicycle wheel. What is the meaning of the word rotate?

• twirl

• stay

• stop

• crash

What made William want to build his windmill?

• William hoped that people would see his windmill and come to his farm to ask

  him about it.

• William wanted to learn about windmills since he could no longer go to school.

• William thought that a windmill could help his family and their farm.

• William found a book in his library that showed how to build windmills on farms.

Why was a windmill so important to William’s family?

• It provided energy for their lights and radios.

• It proved that they had a lot of money.

• It gave the media a reason to notice the family.

• It helped them harness the energy created by the sun.

Why does William most likely continue to provide villages across Africa with wind and

solar power?

• He believes it can improve people’s lives.

• He knows there is a lot of wind in Malawi.

• He believes it is better for the environment.

• He wants to share what he learned in college.

Wheelchair Sports: Hang Glider to Wheeler-Dealer

What made Marilyn Hamilton invent the Quickie wheelchair?

• She wanted to expand the range of sports athletes could participate in.

• She wanted to compete in the Paralympics.

• She wanted to play tennis without getting blisters on her hands.

• She wanted a lighter and faster wheelchair to play sports in.

After Marilyn Hamilton’s hang gliding accident, she felt imprisoned in her wheelchair.

What does the word imprisoned mean as it is used here?

• weak

• trapped

• stationary

• injured

How are negative cambered wheels different from traditional wheelchair wheels?

• They are angled, which means the wheels are closer to a person’s body and easier to

  push harder.

• They are wider, which gives them more grip.

• They are lighter, which means they move faster and go farther.

• They are straighter, which gives them a higher center of gravity.

Which sentence best summarizes the passage?

• The sports wheelchair has a lower center of mass and a wider wheelbase than traditional

  wheelchairs.

• Patients with spinal cord injuries are required to play wheelchair sports to keep them out

  of bed.

• Wheelchairs allow previously injured athletes to continue living an active lifestyle.

• Wheelchair polo and wheelchair basketball help patients recover from spinal cord injuries.

What was one result of Dr. Ludwig Guttmann’s idea to use activity as medicine?

• Soldiers experienced kidney infections and painful bedsores.

• Injured soldiers regained their strength and went home to live healthy lives.

• Soldiers with spinal cord injuries created Mandeville Hospital.

• Fleeing soldiers left England before the Second World War.