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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12 and 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Wild Christian admonish Essay at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) Essay is beating Wole unnecessarily.
(b) Essay is indulging Wole too often with sweet treats.
(c) Wole is making mischief, and Essay is doing nothing to stop him.
(d) Essay is instilling an argumentative spirit in Wole.

2. Why does Sorowanke leave her home in Chapter 10?
(a) She is beaten by her boyfriend.
(b) She wins the local lottery and buys a house.
(c) She claims to hear a voice from God ordering her to travel.
(d) Children pelt her with sticks and stones.

3. What issue is NOT discussed at Wild Christian's women's group?
(a) The drought.
(b) Sanitation.
(c) Civil service.
(d) Infant mortality.

4. Why does Paa Adatan wear a belt of amulets?
(a) He believes they will deflect bullets and make him invincible.
(b) He wears an amulet for every Nazi he has killed.
(c) To remind him of his dead wife.
(d) To allow him to travel between the realms of life and death.

5. What is the occupation of the first white person Wole ever sees in Chapter 3?
(a) Potion-maker.
(b) Police officer.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Tailor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wole think about the Westernizing of his culture?

2. What is an iyan?

3. Who saves Wole from a savage beating at the end of Chapter 5?

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

5. Who or what is emi esu?

(see the answer key)

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