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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What town is Essay from, originally?
(a) Ake.
(b) Cape Town.
(c) London.
(d) Isara.

2. What are Wole's future plans for Mrs. Odufuwa?
(a) He plans to bring her to Isara.
(b) He plans to ask her to be his new mother.
(c) He plans to hit her for humiliating him.
(d) He plans to marry her.

3. Why do the children make fun of "You-Mean-Mayself"?
(a) His bushy moustache.
(b) His great bulk.
(c) His bulging eyes.
(d) His thick accent.

4. What does Essay make Wole promise him in Chapter 11?
(a) That Wole will attend college.
(b) That Wole will never lie again.
(c) That Wole will travel to America.
(d) That Wole will always attend church.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Paa Adatan wear a belt of amulets?

2. How does the women's protest end?

3. Upon returning to Ake at the end of Chapter 3, what is the first thing Wole says?

4. Under what circumstances does Wole join the church choir in Chapter 10?

5. What do the women do to symbolically strip the local chiefs of their power?

(see the answer key)

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