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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Wole destroy the family's roses at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) He thought Wild Christian needed roses for her famous stew.
(b) He was getting back at Essay for beating him earlier.
(c) He destroyed the roses on a dare from Osiki.
(d) Waving a vegetable stalk, he imagined a swordfight, and got carried away.

2. Which is NOT a name given to the master of Wole's parsonage compound?
(a) Pa Delumo.
(b) Reverend.
(c) Wild Man.
(d) Canon.

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

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

5. Who does Wole initially believe the drunken soldier in Chapter 8 to be?
(a) His long-lost brother.
(b) Adolf Hitler.
(c) Wild Christian.
(d) Uncle Sanya.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an "oro"?

2. What is the teacher's reaction to young Wole coming to school uninvited at the beginning of Chapter 2?

3. Who defeats Paa Adatan in Chapter 8?

4. Who or what is emi esu?

5. In Chapter 7, what does the baby return from the hospital with?

(see the answer key)

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