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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 and 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the only member of Wole's extended family who is angry for him wandering off in Chapter 3?
(a) Tinu.
(b) Mrs. B.
(c) Essay.
(d) Wild Christian.

2. In Chapter 4, why does Wole hide in the pantry?
(a) Wild Christian wants him to help her shop in town.
(b) Essay wants to hear him sing, and Wole does not want to sing.
(c) Wild Christian wants to give him a sour-tasting medicine.
(d) So St. Peter cannot spy on him from the roof.

3. Who saves Wole from a savage beating at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) Wild Christian.
(b) Tinu.
(c) Mr. B.
(d) Essay.

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

5. Who is Headmaster of the Grammar School?
(a) Reverend J. J. Ransome-Kuti.
(b) Odemo.
(c) Essay.
(d) Sanya.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a "saara?"

2. What is the occupation of the first white person Wole ever sees in Chapter 3?

3. How does Wole get his first look at the world outside the parsonage's walls in Chapter 3?

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

5. Wole begins the narrative starting when he was what age?

(see the answer key)

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