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WorksheetsThe Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Chapters 6-10
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Why was William disappointed in his assignment to Kachokolo Secondary Schoo?
It was a very long walk each day.
Gilbert and Geoffrey wouldn't be attending with him.
The school didn't have a strong science program.
He had wanted to attend the same school his father had attended.
As the famine and lack continued, William is forced to ...
Help more in the fields because his cousin had died.
Drop out of school as his family couldn't pay the fees.
Cook in the kitchens to help pay for his fees.
Hunt each day for meat and for extra work.
Mizeck and Charity tell William he needs to put Khamba out of his misery. William does this the best way he knows how. How does he know that Khamba died fairly peacefully?
There was no sign of struggle where he left Khamba tied up.
Khamba licked him before he died in his arms.
Khamba walked into the trees on his own to die quietly.
Khamba looked peaceful in the yard the next morning.
What disease continued to ravage Malawi near the end of the famine? This disease was not uncommon during the rainy season.
diptheria
tuberculosis
yellow fever
cholera
What was the name of the product of the early harvest of corn that William and Geoffrey watched carefully for?
gaga
nsima
dowe
kwacha
How does William maintain his studies and entertain himself when he cannot return to school to learn?
He goes to the trading center.
He plays soccer in the fields.
He goes to the local library.
He works with Gilbert after hours.
What made finding good books in the library so difficult?
The librarian was mean.
The library was full of books they couldn't understand.
The library was dark and it was hard to see.
The library had no system to organize the books.
Even though the highly scientific words in English sometimes confused William, he was able to understand most topics through his examination of ...
the pictures
the Malawian to English dictionary
the schoolbooks Gilbert gave him
the captions
Before attempting to make a large scale windmill, William decided to first try building a smaller ...?
map
prototype
pinwheel
radio
True or False: William had the support of the community as he attempted to build his windmill.
True; they all wanted William to succeed. They wanted electricity!
False; they all thought William was crazy. They couldn't understand his actions.
What did William have at home (it was actually his father's) that was important to his project?
an old radio
a busted dynamo
a rusty tractor fan
a bicycle with one wheel
Beyond his moral support, what were two ways that Gilbert contributed financially to William's project?
He gave William PVC pipe and bought the tractor fan.
He bought William the nuts and bolts and paid for the dynamo.
He paid for the bicycle and the crankset
He bought William books for learning and gave him the money for pipe.
