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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Paa Adatan's stated enemy?
(a) The government of Nigeria.
(b) Essay.
(c) Adolf Hitler.
(d) Egungun, the earth spirit.

3. What is an "abiku?"
(a) A pejorative term for someone who gossips.
(b) A spirit child halfway between the dead and living.
(c) A light breeze said to be an omen of luck and good fortune.
(d) A fearsome goat-demon said to haunt farmers.

4. In Chapter 2, how does Wole entertain his guests during his fourth birthday party?
(a) Singing.
(b) Playing tag.
(c) Staging a swordfight with branches as swords.
(d) Building a small house from strips of wood.

5. At the beginning of Chapter 2, what is Wole jealous of concerning Tinu?
(a) That she gets the choicest morsels of bread, and he is stuck with hard crust.
(b) That she goes to school, and that he is too young to go.
(c) That she can split a pomegranate, and he can not.
(d) That she has shoes, and he does not.

6. In Chapter 3, how does Wole manage to get back home to Ake?
(a) He is carried in the arms of a police officer.
(b) He is taken by boat.
(c) He is taken by train.
(d) He is taken on the handlebars of a bike.

7. What subject dominates the radio waves in Chapter 8?
(a) World War II.
(b) The Nigerian fight for independence.
(c) The comedy of Jack Benny.
(d) A radio program called 'The Shadow.'

8. What activity did Wole do every New Year?
(a) Wole visited a soup kitchen and volunteered.
(b) Wole took a day-long walking trip around Ake.
(c) Wole visited his grandparents in Isara.
(d) Wole attended a long church service.

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

10. Which is NOT a name given to the master of Wole's parsonage compound?
(a) Canon.
(b) Reverend.
(c) Pa Delumo.
(d) Wild Man.

11. At the beginning of Chapter 6, who sleeps on the communal mat in Wild Christian's room?
(a) Essay.
(b) Stray children from the village.
(c) Mr. and Mrs. B.
(d) Osiki.

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

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

14. Who is Headmaster of the Grammar School?
(a) Essay.
(b) Odemo.
(c) Reverend J. J. Ransome-Kuti.
(d) Sanya.

15. In Chapter 7, what does the baby return from the hospital with?
(a) A plaster cast around her torso.
(b) A cast around both feet.
(c) Two long feeding tubes inserted into her arms.
(d) A miniature version of an iron lung machine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Popularization of the radio in Chapter 8 has people around Ake saying what catch phrase?

2. Who does Wole initially believe the drunken soldier in Chapter 8 to be?

3. What is the phrase Wole uses to describe the odor in Wild Christian's room?

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

5. Why does Mrs. B punish her maid in Chapter 6?

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