Quiz on The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

The story is about....The story of a boy who made his family proud

• The story of the electric wind discovery in Malawi

• The story of a boy who want to feed his country

• William's struggle to solve the problems

• Problems encountered by William in Malawi

• The story of a boy who made his family proud

What kind of person is William?

• ingenuitive

• famine

• teasing

• insane

• rushing

The purpose of the story is....

• to entertain the readers with the story of a boy who harnessed the wind

• to explain how many steps needed by a boy to build a windmill in Malawi

• to describe a boy who harnessed the wind in a village in Malawi

• to describe one of beautiful and enchanting village in Malawi

• to discuss with the readers which energy should

  be applied in Malawi

Which of these following statements represent what is told in the story?
(Multiple correct answers)

• The windmill can feed people in Malawi

• The William family was poor

• William was inspired to build a windmill after reading science books

• Nobody helped William building a windmill

• There were some people who question or lack faith in Williams’ effort

"This windmill was more than a machine. It was a weapon to fight hunger" (p. 4). It refers to....

• windmill

• the wind

• the rain

• a machine

• the maize

"Like always, the wind came, first a breeze, then a gusting gale" (p. 7). The underlined word means....

• a building with sails or vanes that turn in the wind and generate power to grind grain into flour

• burned by flame or heat

• a form of energy resulting from the existence of charged particles (such as electrons or protons) either statistically as an accumulation of charge or dynamically as a current

• a very strong wind

• persons who question or lack faith in something

Which of these following statements represent the orientation in the story?
(Multiple correct answers)

• At dawn in the fields, William scanned the maize rows for magical beings.

• In a small village in Malawi where people had no money for lights, nightfall came quickly and hurried for farmers to bed.

• The darkness is the best way for William to dream.

• In the junkyard, pieces appeared like rusted treasures in the tall grass.