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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. What is Wole's memorable experience the first time he ventures outside the parsonage's walls in Chapter 3?
(a) For the first time, he eats a delicious variety of pounded yam.
(b) He is kidnapped by a homeless man.
(c) He sees a naked woman bathing.
(d) He is exposed to a marching band.

2. In Chapter 1, what punishment is given to young Wild Christian and Sanya for trespassing into the woods?
(a) They are given half a dozen lashes apiece.
(b) They are deprived of food for a week.
(c) They are both forced to eat a powerful pepper plant.
(d) They are expelled from school.

3. What is a "saara?"
(a) A blanket used in the winter months.
(b) A tree with sweet-tasting sap.
(c) A gathering of both boy and girl students.
(d) A feast given as an offering to spirits.

4. In Chapter 2, what does Wole believe about St. Peter?
(a) St. Peter is an ancestral spirit that can be conversed with.
(b) St. Peter is responsible for the beautiful music he hears every morning.
(c) St. Peter lives on Wole's roof and is always spying on him.
(d) St. Peter is the source of his constant hunger.

5. What is Wole's problem at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) His home has run out of yams.
(b) The servant is bathing him in a rough fashion.
(c) He can't go to school, and wants to.
(d) He is lost in the town of Ibara.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Essay get his name?

2. Which is NOT one of the things Wole sees during his first walking tour of Ake in Chapter 3?

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

4. Who is Headmaster of the Grammar School?

5. What does Bukola do to get her way with her father?

(see the answer key)

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