WorksheetsThe Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (read & answer) Chapters 1-5
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 24mins
PROLOGUE: What machine did the boy make?
a bicycle
a windmill
a model truck
a tractor
PROLOGUE: What was the first thing the boy used the electricity to do?
CHAPTER 1 (pg 4 - 8): What did a sing'anga use to pretend to find the cause of diarrhea?
CHAPTER 1 (pg 8 - 11): Why was William afraid of the sing'anga?
He had said bad things about magic.
He had eaten some bubblegum.
He had not looked after the cows well.
He had disobeyed his father.
CHAPTER 1(pg 11 - 15): Which of the following is NOT mentioned as something a sing'anga was supposed to be able to do?
raise someone from the dead
shrink a woman so she could be kept in a coke bottle
make dust into gold
fly in a hat
CHAPTER 1 (pg 15 - 19): What was Gilbert's father's job?
witch doctor
truck driver
district chief
teacher
CHAPTER 1(pg 20 - 23): What did the boys make out shakeshake cartons, bottle caps and pieces of wire?
toy windmills
toy trucks
radios
toy dogs
CHAPTER 1 (pg 24 - 27): Who was unafraid of mamba snakes and was so strong he could pull up trees like weeds?
Grandpa
Geoffrey
Peter Kayira
Phiri
CHAPTER 1 (pg 28 - 35) True or False; Shabari taught William that magic doesn't work?
true
false
CHAPTER 2 (pg 36 - 44): Which picture looks most like Khamba?
CHAPTER 3: How did William and Gilbert begin to explore science?
the listened to radio programmes about science
the took radios apart to see how they worked
they read books about science
the asked a sing'anga
CHAPTER 3: Where did the electricity in Malawi come from?
generated from turbines in a river
coal fired power stations
from wind power
from batteries
CHAPTER 4: Which of the following did NOT contribute to the low maize harvest in 2000?
grasshoppers eating the crop
expensive fertilizer
flooding
drought
CHAPTER 5 (pg 69 - 74) What did people eat as Malawi ran out of maize?
gaga (the outside parts of the maize - used for bird food)
green mangoes
the family goats
gaga, green mangoes & family goats
CHAPTER 5 (pg 74 - 83): What meal did the Kampkwamba family decide they would still eat each day?
only breakfast
only lunch
only dinner
all of them
CHAPTER 5 (pg 83 - 88): How much food did William get at Chamama?
enough for three days
enough for one week
enough for a month
enough for 2 months
CHAPTER 5 (pg 89 - 98): What did William NOT eat during the famine?
flying ants
nsima
goat skin
his pet dog Khamba
PROLOGUE: What was the first thing the boy used the electricity to do?
