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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12 and 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What trick does Essay play on Wole with a light bulb in Chapter 8?
(a) Essay pretends it takes a magical spell to turn the light on.
(b) Essay installs the light bulb in Wole's room, so he can't sleep.
(c) When Wole breaks the light bulb, Essay pretends the light bulb cost hundreds of dollars.
(d) Essay gets Wole to believe it is a spirit trapped in a bottle.

2. What debate do Wole and Essay get into at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) Whether there is a difference between water and rain.
(b) Whether there is a difference between clouds and fog.
(c) Whether the compound is the correct place to raise a child.
(d) Whether rubbing harder on the skin gets it any cleaner.

3. What action taken by the drunken soldier in Chapter 8 enrages Wole?
(a) The soldier urinates in the family's outside well.
(b) The soldier damages Essay's rose bush.
(c) The soldier cusses at Wild Christian.
(d) The soldier mocks Wole for being weak and cowardly.

4. What was contained in Father's "mystery parcels" in Chapter 5?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Shoes.
(c) Smoked meats.
(d) Musical scores.

5. What accident does Wole cause when looking for gifts in the rafters of his home in Chapter 5?
(a) He makes a hunting gun go off.
(b) He breaks a window playing ball.
(c) He breaks his grandfather's big toe.
(d) He nearly puts an eye out with a scythe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Wole initially believe the drunken soldier in Chapter 8 to be?

2. Why is Wole mad at his Sunday School teacher at the beginning of Chapter 5?

3. What "bad habit" does Wole admit to in Chapter 4?

4. After Paa Adatan's conflict with troops in Chapter 8, which term best describes his emotional state?

5. What does Wild Christian name her women's group?

(see the answer key)

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