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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
By JACOB BUSA
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Question 1
1.
What did it mean when people became "waganyu"?
they went to work in the gold mines in South Africa
they went looking for temporary "work for food"
they became sick with malaria
they became HIV positive
Question 2
2.
What happened in the Hungry Season?
chickens were distributed to all
no rain came and the maize dried up in the fields causing famine
the government brought in loads of maize for the people
extra maize seed and fertilizer were provided by the government
Question 3
3.
When William built his transformer...
he powered a small cook stove
he started selling power to other villages
he began to repair people's radios
people lined up outside of his house to charge their mobile phones
Question 4
4.
Frustrated by having no money to continue attending school, William...
lay around the house doing nothing
had to go to work in the gold mines
began going to the library where he found books on physics, English, etc.
work in his chief's fields
Question 5
5.
The notoriety William enjoyed at the TED conference resulted in...
a lucrative job in California
a career in software engineering
a chance for him to go back to school, and a way to better his family's life
not lasting long, as interest died down over him
Question 6
6.
How did William's family continue to eat a little during the famine?
they moved away to a relative's home where there was no famine
their crops did not fail during the famine
they had savings to buy the maize they needed
his mother made little cakes of maize and sold them in the market
Question 7
7.
The village people in Malawi used magic to explain...
the weather patterns
events that they did not understand and feared
why people died mysteriously
why there was a famine
Question 8
8.
What did William believe was the source of Phiri's phenomenal strength?
Kamkwamba
Kasungu
Sing'anga
Mangolomera
Question 9
9.
What was NOT one reason William was so interested in building a windmill?
a water pump for irrigating fields meant year-round gardens
electricity to light their homes
extra food to sell in the market
water to wash his clothes
Question 10
10.
What first gave William an idea about getting power?
water falling of the thatch roof
a bicycle dynamo that produced a light when pedaling
finding a working generator in the scrap yard
people walking around with radios