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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How might Wild Christian best be characterized?
(a) Quick-witted and gregarious.
(b) Boisterous and ill-tempered.
(c) Quiet, and thoughtful.
(d) Stoop-shouldered and droopy-eyed.

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

3. Before Paa Adatan leaves the village in Chapter 8, what is his final act?
(a) He crushes a magical gourd with his boot.
(b) He speaks in tongues, and then convulses in a seizure.
(c) He draws a line in the sand and dares anyone in Ake to cross it.
(d) He gives an amulet to Wole.

4. What is the phrase Wole uses to describe the odor in Wild Christian's room?
(a) Hot, humid, and sticky.
(b) Sweet and airy like a cake.
(c) Given to change like a chameleon.
(d) A riot of smells.

5. Which is NOT one of the things Wole sees during his first walking tour of Ake in Chapter 3?
(a) A group of potion-makers.
(b) Girls learning to sew.
(c) A majestic zebra.
(d) The mill.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Wole's memorable experience the first time he ventures outside the parsonage's walls in Chapter 3?

2. What is the teacher's reaction to young Wole coming to school uninvited at the beginning of Chapter 2?

3. Why does Wole decide to run away from home in Chapter 6?

4. What is the name of Wole's family servant?

5. What do Essay and Christian accuse the maid of in Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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