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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (read & answer) Chapters 6 - 11
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- 1. Multiple Choice
CHAPTER 6: Which summary of the chapter is correct?
William gets good grades, goes to the school of his choice and learns about science in a good environment.
William gets bad grades, goes to the worst school in the district and then has to leave because his family has no money.
William gets good grades, goes to a good school but then has to leave because everyone is starving and they can't pay for school.
CHAPTER 6: William gets bad grades, but it doesn't matter because he is clever and learns at home and easily finds food for the family.
- 2. Multiple Choice
CHAPTER 7: How does Khamba die?
William hits him on the head with a big stone.
William drowns him in the dambo.
William ties him to a tree and leaves him to starve.
He dies of old age.
- 3. Multiple Choice
CHAPTER 8: What were the 20 days of the chapter title?
The number of days before the maize would be ripe enough to eat.
The number of days it took for cholera to kill a person.
The number of days William had to wait before his exam results arrived.
The number of days William's father was away for when he went to look for food.
- 4. Multiple Choice
CHAPTER 9 (pg 137 - 140): Why is William glad to see Gilbert after school each day?
He can play chess with him to keep his mind active.
He can play bawo with him.
Gilbert can teach him what he learned at school.
They can go hunting together to find food.
- 5. Multiple Choice
CHAPTER 9 (pg 140 - 146): What chapter of the book Explaining Physics was most interesting to William?
Electricity
Hydropower
Magnets
Radio
- 6. Multiple Choice
CHAPTER 9 (pg 146 - 150): What did William realize he could have if he had electricity from a windmill?
light
pumped water
freedom
all of the above
- 7. Multiple Choice
CHAPTER 9 (pg 150 - 155): What was the hardest thing for William to get to make his windmill?
the blades
wire
a dynamo
a bamboo pole
- 8. Multiple Choice
CHAPTER 9 (pg 155 - 162): Why did William spend so much time making the things he needed to build his windmill?
He had no money to buy the materials
The things he needed could not be bought in Malawi.
He enjoyed making things.
- 9. Multiple Choice
CHAPTER 10 (pg 163 - 171): Why did William's father feel he'd failed his family?
He couldn't pass his exams.
He couldn't pay William's school fees.
He was leaving William's mother.
He was too short
- 10. Multiple Choice
CHAPTER 10 (pg 171 - 179): Why did William's mother get worried about him?
Because he was so thin.
Because he wasn't going to school.
Because he spent all day at the rubbish tip.
Because he only listened to the radio all day.
- 11. Multiple Choice
CHAPTER 10 (pg 179 - 186): How much did Gilbert pay for the dynamo?
Nothing - they found on at the rubbish tip.
100 kwacha
200 kwacha
500 kwacha
- 12. Multiple Choice
CHAPTER 11 (pg 187 - 195): What did William destroy when he tried his windmill?
his house
the windmill
the dynamo
his father's radio
- 13. Multiple Choice
CHAPTER 11 (pg 196 - 207): What does 'magesti a mphepo' mean?
I hate reading English books
electricity is magic
electric wind
radio tower
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