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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What subject dominates the radio waves in Chapter 8?
(a) The Nigerian fight for independence.
(b) A radio program called 'The Shadow.'
(c) The comedy of Jack Benny.
(d) World War II.

2. Who is Paa Adatan's stated enemy?
(a) Essay.
(b) Adolf Hitler.
(c) Egungun, the earth spirit.
(d) The government of Nigeria.

3. What is called "a miracle from God" at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) Tinu's sudden recovery from a bad fever.
(b) The fact that Wole did not lose an eye to a bad accident.
(c) Osiki's ability to not cause mischief during a church service.
(d) The fact that Wole can read at one year of age.

4. In Chapter 7, what does the baby return from the hospital with?
(a) A cast around both feet.
(b) A miniature version of an iron lung machine.
(c) Two long feeding tubes inserted into her arms.
(d) A plaster cast around her torso.

5. In Chapter 7, what is Wole's baby sister dressed in when she is buried?
(a) Many pieces of jewelry.
(b) She is buried without clothes.
(c) A white dress.
(d) A dress made of scraps of cloth from the villagers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who or what is "Jonah"?

2. What does Father warn Wole about in Chapter 9 about grammar school?

3. In Chapter 4, why does Wole hide in the pantry?

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

5. How do the majority of Ake's residents react to the new radio?

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