Week 3 The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Trivia

How does William escape without going anywhere?

• His father tells him stories

• By reading

• By writing a narrative

• By dreaming

Who said, "I guess I'll have to research this more'?

• William

• William's father

• Gilbert

• Charity

A windmill meant more that just power. It was...what?

• electricity

• freedom

• friends

How does William's family get water?

• a bucket and a rope lowered into a shallow well

• from the river

• an outside faucet

• from the neighbor's sink

William doesn't have the money for supplies for his windmill. Where does he get the supplies?

• The small market

• neighbors

• Scrapyard

What object did William convince his father to give him to use to make the windmill?

• His old garden hoe

• His old bicycle

• The lawnmower engine

• The broken VCR from the villiage

What do the people in the village think of William's ideas?

• They think he's crazy.

• They think he's a genius.

• They think he is a silly kid.

Who is Mister Godsten?

• The mayor

• The store owner

• The welder in town

• The police

Who buys the dynamo for William?

• Charity

• William's mother

• William's father

• Gilbert

What did William use for rope to make a pulley?

• Braided vines

• Old clothes tied together

• His mother's clothesline

• The old goat harness