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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Wole sleeps with the other children in Chapter 6, what kind of nightmare does he have?
(a) He dreams a 12-foot-tall ogre is chasing him.
(b) He dreams he is falling down a waterfall.
(c) He dreams he is in a labyrinth and cannot find a way out.
(d) He dreams snakes are attacking him.

2. What "bad habit" does Wole admit to in Chapter 4?
(a) Making a loud clucking sound with his tongue at inappropriate times.
(b) Sloppiness while eating a pomegranate fruit.
(c) Dipping his fingers in the Wash-Hand Basin.
(d) Crossing his heart for no reason when crossing the street.

3. How did Essay get his name?
(a) He is a masterful writer.
(b) His real initials are S.A., and Essay is a soundalike name.
(c) "Essay" is an onomatopoeia for the sound a snake makes, and Essay is mistrusted like a snake.
(d) Essay calls everyone by the familiar "Ese."

4. What causes Wole to experience a bad eye accident in Chapter 2?
(a) A pen.
(b) A rusty nail.
(c) A scythe.
(d) A javelin.

5. What is an iyan?
(a) A see-saw playground toy.
(b) A spirit child halfway between life and death.
(c) A pounded yam.
(d) A bothersome biting insect.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Wole ordered kicked out of sleeping in Essay's bedroom in Chapter 6?

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

3. Why does Wole destroy the family's roses at the end of Chapter 5?

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

5. Which is NOT a name given to the master of Wole's parsonage compound?

(see the answer key)

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