Chapter 8-9
What was the significance of the of the books Gilbert and William found in the library?
1. Taught them how to plant other crops other than maize.
2. They made them curious about electricity and explained what they had questions about.
3. Taught them how to have clean water for their homes
4. Taught them how to fix radios
2. They made them curious about electricity and explained what they had questions about.
How did William avoid getting kicked out of school after fees are due?
1. He is allowed to stay in school if his father pays a portion of his fees
2. He hides outside and listens to the lessons through the open windows.
3. He hides in the bathroom and sneaks in, he keeps his head down in the back and never asks questions.
4. He just has Geoffrey repeat everything he learned at school each day.
3. He hides in the bathroom and sneaks in, he keeps his head down in the back and never asks questions.
The wingspan of Willaim's windmill blades was ________ feet and what was the problem when Geoffrey and William first released the tire blades of the windmill?
1. 7 feet and the wind made it spin too slow
2. 8 feet and the wind made it spin too slow
3. 6 feet and the wind made it spin too fast
4. 8 feet and the wind made it spin too fast
4. 8 feet and the wind made it spin too fast
William needed to create a step-up _____________________________ to increase the voltage his windmill could produce and what kind of bulbs did William use because regular bulbs ran on AC power?
1. a mobile phones charging station and he used lights from a motorcycle
2. a transformer and he used car brake lights and taillights
3. a circuit braker and car lights
4. a better connection to the dynamo and he used bicycle lights
2. a transformer and he used car brake lights and taillights
The name of the article in the Daily Times was called
1. School Dropout creates Electric Wind
2. Crazy Boy in Wimbe Creates Electric Wind
3. Boy Teaches Himself Science and Succeeds
4. School Dropout with a Streak of Genius
4. School Dropout with a Streak of Genius
Even though the words and phrases in the science books sometimes confused William, the ____________ helped him understand.
1. The index inside the books
2. The Glossary in the books
3. the definitions of words in the back of the books
4. drawings/diagrams
4. drawings/diagrams
What was William's biggest fear?
1. not being able to build the windmill and becoming a "ghost" like the boys who dropped out of school and now loitered in the trading center without a purpose.
2. not being able to build his strength back after the famine to be able to help his family with the new maize harvest.
3. being unable to attend enough school to be able to learn English to read the science books he needs to create his windmill.
4. becoming another poor Malawian farmer whose life was controlled by the prices of fertilizer and the amount of rain.
4. becoming another poor Malawian farmer whose life was controlled by the prices of fertilizer and the amount of rain.
The radio blew up because__________________________________.
1. William got the AC and DC currents backwards
2. the dynamo produced too many volts of electricity
3. he didn't have a transformer attached
4. the termites ate through the wood and made the wires burn up
1. William got the AC and DC currents backwards
Why does William's father say he is enjoying electricity more than a city person?
1. because he didn't have to pay the government
2. because his own son made it
3. because he could show off the lights to the neighbors
4. because he can stay up later now and not have to go to bed when the sun goes down.
2. because his own son made it
What was the best part of the TED conference for William?
1. the other African's sharing their vison for how to make their continent a better place
2. the breakfast buffets with three kinds of meat, pastries, and fruit
3. the Internet and the gadgets he had never seen before.
4. being on a plane and sleeping in a hotel
1. the other African's sharing their vison for how to make their continent a better place
Before attempting to build a windmill, William wanted to experiment with _______________________________________.
1. a dynamo
2. a radio
3. a smaller model
4. none of the above
3. a smaller model
How did William convince his father to let him use the bike for the windmill?
1. He said he would help out in the fields for as long as he needed him
2. He begged and said they would never go hungry or need water again.
3. He told his dad since no one rides it anymore and it just sits there he should be allowed to use it and get it out of the way.
4. He told his dad that his mother already said it was ok for him to use the bike.
2. He begged and said they would never go hungry or need water again.
For the month after William successfully put up his windmill, the windmill became_________________________________.
1. a place where people were scared of the wind machine because of their own superstitions
2. a way to improve the irrigation system for the maize fields.
3. a way for William and his family to make money.
4. a road-side attraction while passing through Wimbe.
4. a road-side attraction while passing through Wimbe.
What was one of the risks with using scraps from the yard to fashion wires to conduct electricity?
1. William couldn't pay for the scraps or to get the pieces welded together
2. the scraps had been weathered for too long and wouldn't work
3. the pieces might fall apart
4. the threat of fire
4. the threat of fire
Which type of figurative language is used in the following? "All the words I'd prepared seemed to dance to the drum and get lost in the glare."
1. Alliteration
2. Hyperbole
3. Metaphor
4. Personification
4. Personification
How does William maintain his studies when he cannot return to school?
4. goes to the junkyard
2. Library books and Gilbert goes over his lessons
Did William have the support of his community?
1. True
2. False
2. False
After William put a light bulb in his room, William's family wanted_______________________________________.
1. lights in their rooms too
2. him to take it down because of risk of fire
3. to show off his creation to the whole village
4. to improve the irrigation system for the maize fields
1. lights in their rooms too
William creates a _________________ _______________________ after he almost sets the house on fire a second time.
1. openair roof
2. circuit breaker
3. cooper wire system
4. transformer box
2. circuit breaker
What were William's future plans?
1. to move to America and talk and about his inventions
2. to continue building windmills, help with electricity, and irrigation
3. to become a science teacher
4. to become the chief in their village
2. to continue building windmills, help with electricity, and irrigation
When Gilbert and William go to the library to look for books for fun they discover________________________________.
1. books about movies in America that they had not yet seen.
2. books about all the different ways to cook maize.
3. books on farming different types of crops.
4. books about science that turbines and how things work.
4. books about science that turbines and how things work.
What type of figurative language is in the following sentence? "Over the next few weeks, the treasures kept revealing themselves like pieces of a magic puzzle."
1. Hyperbole
2. Metaphor
3. Simile
4. Alliteration
3. Simile
What did William need in order to have electricity when the wind was calm?
1. a generator because there is no way the wind will blow all the time
2. kerosene lamps as a backup form of light
3. a car battery that could power the whole house and store power
4. a bigger dynamo to get more voltage from the windmill
3. a car battery that could power the whole house and store power
Which type of figurative language is the following? "But the wind was violent and angry, rocking the tower so hard that I thought it would tip?"
1. Metaphor
2. Personification
3. Simile
4. Hyperbole
2. Personification
At the TED conference, William was introduced to
1. Television
2. Dr. Mchazime
3. the Internet
4. Ted himself
3. the Internet