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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one of the concerns Daodu voices about the Government College?
(a) He has heard the discipline at the college is especially harsh.
(b) He doubts an organization that accepts only men.
(c) He doubts an organization that uses white people to teach black people.
(d) He doubts they teach anything useful beyond what grammar school teaches.

2. How does the women's protest end?
(a) In an unsatisfying deadlock.
(b) Several women are arrested, and the protest is forcibly broken up.
(c) The women's demands are met.
(d) A woman is killed by police officers, shocking the group and ending the protest.

3. What is the "last straw" in Sorowanke's fight with local peddlers?
(a) The peddlers begin to charge her exorbitant fees.
(b) Sorowanke steals a potion rack from a peddler.
(c) The peddlers bribe the police to arrest Sorowanke.
(d) Sorowanke becomes pregnant.

4. What advice does Broda Pupa give to Wole concerning bee stings?
(a) Bee stings can be treated with a warm salt bath.
(b) Bee stings can be treated with hyena dung.
(c) If attacked by a swarm of bees, run away as fast as you can.
(d) If attacked by a swarm of bees, drop to the ground and roll around.

5. What does Wild Christian name her women's group?
(a) The Ake Women's Collective.
(b) The Egba Women's Union.
(c) Many Voices, One Voice.
(d) Women's Advocacy Organization.

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

7. Odemo is the chief of which town?
(a) Lagos.
(b) Obafemi.
(c) Isara.
(d) Ake.

8. What inspires Kemberi to give a speech in Chapter 13?
(a) A mudslide had caused sanitation problems in the town.
(b) A woman was raped by a policeman.
(c) Women were forced to pay exorbitant taxes on goods.
(d) A young orphan died from starvation.

9. What is wrong with the man whom Wole and Broda Pupa encounter in Chapter 9 upon returning from the farm?
(a) The man had been murdered, and has a dagger sticking out from his chest.
(b) The man has terrible stomach pains.
(c) The man is running from a murderous gang.
(d) The man had been stung countless times by bees.

10. What is the name of the market Wole travels through on the way to choir practice?
(a) Ogiri.
(b) Egungun.
(c) Kasada.
(d) Ibarapa.

11. According to Chapter 10, how might Wole characterize his life as a child?
(a) Simple and good.
(b) Complicated and frenetic.
(c) Depressing.
(d) Tainted by Western influence.

12. What complaint does Wole make at the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) The smells of the wonderful dishes of his youth are no more.
(b) Politicians are thoroughly corrupt.
(c) The military is taking over the country.
(d) Wole never got his chance to become an engineer.

13. At the end of Chapter 10, what is the status of Sorowanke?
(a) She becomes the owner of a successful coconut cake shop.
(b) She settles down and raises a family.
(c) She is driven from the town, but the city elders record her tale for posterity.
(d) She is driven from the town and forgotten.

14. What is Beere's relationship to Daodu?
(a) Cousin.
(b) They are not related.
(c) Wife.
(d) Sister.

15. What is akara?
(a) A process of application to become a holy man.
(b) Fried bean cake.
(c) A salve used to treat bee stings.
(d) A spirit of the forest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Father warn Wole about in Chapter 9 about grammar school?

2. Who does the Alake summon to his residence in response to the women's protest?

3. What does Wole refuse to do in Odemo's palace that causes much commotion?

4. What best describes the spiritual beliefs of young Wole?

5. What is the occupation of Broda Pupa?

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