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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What trouble does You-Mean-Mayself cause Essay and the household?
(a) He refuses to pay back a significant loan.
(b) He plays his accordion at all hours of the night.
(c) He mooches food from the family.
(d) He steals the radio.

2. Why does Wole decide to run away from home in Chapter 6?
(a) To escape the wrath of the church leaders for stealing money.
(b) To prevent Wild Christian from parading him around town as punishment.
(c) Because he decided to join the circus in Isara.
(d) To escape a vengeful forest spirit.

3. In Chapter 4, why does Wole hide in the pantry?
(a) Essay wants to hear him sing, and Wole does not want to sing.
(b) Wild Christian wants him to help her shop in town.
(c) Wild Christian wants to give him a sour-tasting medicine.
(d) So St. Peter cannot spy on him from the roof.

4. What is NOT one of the changes Wole notices prior to his baby sister's birth?
(a) The furniture was rearranged.
(b) The sleeping mat was moved to another room.
(c) Real milk was substituted for powdered milk.
(d) Essay always looking worried.

5. Who or what is emi esu?
(a) A term of affection for a young woman.
(b) The tribal equivalent of the Devil.
(c) A large, leafy plant.
(d) A respected village elder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Essay and Christian accuse the maid of in Chapter 7?

2. Who is Paa Adatan's stated enemy?

3. What is the name of Wole's baby sister in Chapter 7?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 2, what is Wole jealous of concerning Tinu?

5. What is Wole's problem at the beginning of Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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