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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2 and 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What accident does Wole suffer on his birthday in Chapter 2?
(a) He nearly drowns during his beachside party.
(b) His foot is broken when it is run over by an automobile tire.
(c) He gets into a fight and receives two black eyes.
(d) While playing see-saw, Wole falls and hurts his head.

2. Wole begins the narrative starting when he was what age?
(a) Four.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Three.
(d) Eight.

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

4. At the beginning of Chapter 2, what is Wole jealous of concerning Tinu?
(a) That she goes to school, and that he is too young to go.
(b) That she has shoes, and he does not.
(c) That she gets the choicest morsels of bread, and he is stuck with hard crust.
(d) That she can split a pomegranate, and he can not.

5. What are egungun?
(a) Mysterious ancestral spirits.
(b) The parsonage school's official rules of conduct.
(c) Candles used during religious ceremonies.
(d) Two-story houses common throughout Ake.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an iyan?

2. Why does Wild Christian scold Wole during his birthday party in Chapter 2?

3. Upon returning to Ake at the end of Chapter 3, what is the first thing Wole says?

4. What does Wole believe about the pomegranate fruit in Chapter 1?

5. What are ghommids?

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