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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the Alake respond initially to the women's group demands?
(a) He gives in to the demands.
(b) He is outraged.
(c) He is calm and measured.
(d) He immediately resigns.

2. 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 sees a naked woman bathing.
(c) He is exposed to a marching band.
(d) He is kidnapped by a homeless man.

3. What do Osiki and Wole initially have in common?
(a) They are physical neighbors.
(b) A fondness for Tinu.
(c) A love of the spoken word.
(d) A love of good food.

4. What is the phrase Wole uses to describe the odor in Essay's room?
(a) Baked-in grease.
(b) Ordered mustiness.
(c) Leaden and noxious.
(d) Imagination stifling.

5. Who defeats Paa Adatan in Chapter 8?
(a) Wole and his cousin.
(b) A dozen townspeople.
(c) Essay.
(d) Bote troops.

Short Answer Questions

1. What inspires Kemberi to give a speech in Chapter 13?

2. In Chapter 7, what is Wole's baby sister dressed in when she is buried?

3. Who is Headmaster of the Grammar School?

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

5. When Wole sleeps with the other children in Chapter 6, what kind of nightmare does he have?

(see the answer key)

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