The Invention of the Windmill
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What is the narrator's emotional state at the beginning of the passage?

Awake

What is the significance of the machine in the narrator's life?

It represents the narrator's creation and completion of a long-term goal

How do the people from the market react to the machine?

They gather around it in wonder

What is the significance of the materials used to build the machine?

<p>Each piece has a story of discovery and represents a time of fear, hunger, and pain</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the narrator holding in one hand as they stand at the top of the machine?

<p>A small reed with a tiny lightbulb</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the implied meaning of the passage's final sentence?

<p>The narrator and their creation are experiencing a kind of rebirth</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did the narrator connect to the machine?

<p>a pair of wires</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did the crowd do when the machine started to work?

<p>gasped</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did the narrator grip at the end of the experiment?

<p>the reed and wires</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did the narrator experience when the machine started to turn?

<p>knees turned to jelly</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did the crowd exclaim when they saw the result of the experiment?

<p>The boy has made electric wind!</p> Signup and view all the answers

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