"The Power of the Wind" Achieve 3000 Quiz

What is this Article mainly about?

• A.

  How windmills can turn wind power into electricity, changing people's lives

• B.

  How William Kamkwamba started a project to help people by building water wells

• C.

  How William Kamkwamba built a windmill and a water pump to help people in Malawi

• D.

  How windmills can be built with materials from scrapyards, like pipes and fans

Which is the closest antonym for the word accomplishment?

• failure

• triumph

• sacrifice

• dullness

Think about the Article. Which of these is true?

• A.

  William made his windmill blades with pipes from a scrapyard.

• B.

  William built his windmill frame from his father's broken tractor.

• C.

  William's windmill used some oil lamps to make electricity.

• D.

  William's windmill used the rotor from his family's old water pump.

Think about the events below. Which took place second?

This question asks about when events happened. It does not ask where in the Article the events appear. Reread the Article for clues, such as dates.

• A.

  William wrote a book called The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind.

• B.

  William had to stop going to school when his parents could not afford it.

• C.

  William learned about windmills from a book called Using Energy.

• D.

  William designed an electric water pump to irrigate fields in his village.

Choose the word that matches the definition:

the spinning part of a machine

• rotor

• irrigate

• famine

• convert

Choose the word that matches the definition:

to change something for a different use

• rotor

• irrigate

• famine

• convert

Choose the word that matches the definition:

a situation when there is not enough food to eat

• rotor

• convert

• famine

• irrigate

Choose the word that matches the definition:

to water land using channels

• rotor

• convert

• irrigate

• famine