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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do Osiki and Wole initially have in common?
(a) They are physical neighbors.
(b) A love of the spoken word.
(c) A love of good food.
(d) A fondness for Tinu.

3. In Chapter 1, how is Uncle Sanya cured of his spirit possession?
(a) Uncle Sanya is taken to a high mountain, where the spirits cannot reach.
(b) The offending spirits are given food to placate them.
(c) Uncle Sanya is drained of a pint of blood.
(d) Uncle Sanya is confined in a hut for 2 months.

4. What do Essay and Christian accuse the maid of in Chapter 7?
(a) Having sex with a young man when they were away.
(b) Dropping the new baby.
(c) Not cleaning the sleeping mat.
(d) Stealing powdered milk.

5. What was contained in Father's "mystery parcels" in Chapter 5?
(a) Musical scores.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Shoes.
(d) Smoked meats.

6. Who defeats Paa Adatan in Chapter 8?
(a) Essay.
(b) Bote troops.
(c) A dozen townspeople.
(d) Wole and his cousin.

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

8. Which of the following best describes the temperament of the new baby in Chapter 7?
(a) Endlessly hungry.
(b) Quiet and sickly.
(c) Boisterous and crying.
(d) Curious and intelligent.

9. At the end of Chapter 8, younger brother Dipo is given what new name?
(a) Wole Jr.
(b) Femi.
(c) Essay.
(d) Osiki.

10. In Chapter 8, who frees Paa Adatan after he is captured?
(a) Uncle Dipo.
(b) Wole.
(c) Wild Christian.
(d) Mr. B.

11. How might Wild Christian best be characterized?
(a) Quick-witted and gregarious.
(b) Stoop-shouldered and droopy-eyed.
(c) Quiet, and thoughtful.
(d) Boisterous and ill-tempered.

12. What is Wole's problem at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) He is lost in the town of Ibara.
(b) His home has run out of yams.
(c) The servant is bathing him in a rough fashion.
(d) He can't go to school, and wants to.

13. Why is Wole ordered kicked out of sleeping in Essay's bedroom in Chapter 6?
(a) He is punished for wrecking Essay's rose bush.
(b) He is deemed too old.
(c) Essay goes on a long trip, and locks his door.
(d) He urinated in the bed.

14. What does Wole believe about the pomegranate fruit in Chapter 1?
(a) That it is full of deadly poison.
(b) That it is the apple mentioned in the Bible that tempted Adam and Eve.
(c) That it can cure his mother's cancer.
(d) That it is inhabited by the spirit of his ancestors.

15. Why does Mrs. B punish her maid in Chapter 6?
(a) The maid wet her bed.
(b) The maid was caught kissing a boy.
(c) The maid stole the sugar jar.
(d) The maid did not clean the bathroom correctly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an "abiku?"

2. In Chapter 1, what punishment is given to young Wild Christian and Sanya for trespassing into the woods?

3. What are egungun?

4. Why does Wild Christian admonish Essay at the beginning of Chapter 4?

5. In Chapter 4, how does Wole counter the accusation that he has a fear of water?

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