Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

CHAPTER 12 (pg 208 - 212): What did William need to build so he could charge people's phones?

• a computer

• a power station

• a step up transformer

• a shop

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CHAPTER 12 (pg 218 - 225): Why did William need a rubber belt for his windmill?

• Because rubber is cheaper than metal.

• Because it looked nicer.

• Because the bicycle chain kept breaking.

• Because he wanted to save the environment.

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CHAPTER 13 (pg 226 - 233): Which of William's projects failed?

• charging phones

• making a radio station

• pumping water

• all of them

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CHAPTER 13 (pg 233 - 241): Why does William worry that the villagers will try to destroy his windmill?

• Because they believe it is magic and has blown away the rain clouds.

• Because it is too noisy and made of rubbish and looks terrible.

• Because the electricity company (ESCOM) has paid them to destroy it.

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CHAPTER 13 (pg 248 - 252): What do the letters TED stand for?

• Time, Education, Direction

• Technology, Entertainment, Design

• Teaching, Educating, Deserving

• Trees, Eggs, Dogs

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CHAPTER 15 (pg 275 - 278): What did William see for the first time in America?

• windmills

• television

• giraffes, hippos & elephants

• coffee

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