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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10 and 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Essay hire a photographer in Chapter 11?
(a) To document the wedding of a favorite former student.
(b) To photograph Essay alone and with his family, for posterity.
(c) To document the poor state of the parsonage compound.
(d) To photograph Essay's prize rose bush.

2. In Chapter 8, how does Wild Christian react to the coming of the Bote troops?
(a) Fearful of their reputation, she closes her shop for the day.
(b) She invites them to her shop, and charges them double.
(c) She invites them to her shop, and gives them steep discounts on her goods.
(d) She spits in a troop's face, and orders Paa Adatan to attack them.

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

4. Who or what is "Jonah"?
(a) The area behind Wole's house.
(b) The family home's welcome mat.
(c) The name given to a large rock outside the church.
(d) Wole's imaginary friend.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What accident does Wole cause when looking for gifts in the rafters of his home in Chapter 5?

3. What causes Wole to experience a bad eye accident in Chapter 2?

4. What is NOT one of the changes Wole notices prior to his baby sister's birth?

5. Which of the following best describes the temperament of the new baby in Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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