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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the Alake respond initially to the women's group demands?
(a) He gives in to the demands.
(b) He is outraged.
(c) He is calm and measured.
(d) He immediately resigns.

2. Why is Wole disappointed when he reaches Isara in Chapter 9?
(a) Isara is full of rich snobs who look down upon his family.
(b) Wole does not receive any presents from Father.
(c) He was promised an elephant statue from a trader, but he never got it.
(d) The town is provincial and unsanitary.

3. What unfortunate event happens during the first week of Wole's grammar school education?
(a) Several school supplies are stolen by a bully.
(b) He is cut with a scythe.
(c) He gets a detention for tardiness.
(d) His baby sister dies.

4. What position does the Alake have?
(a) The Alake is the president of Nigeria.
(b) The Alake is the local governor.
(c) The Alake is principal of the grammar school.
(d) The Alake is the mayor of Ake.

5. In Chapter 14, how does Wild Christian come to the aid of a local chief?
(a) She hides him so he is not beaten by the mob.
(b) She helps him to read a letter from the British government.
(c) She testifies in his defense at trial.
(d) She gives him money after his belt pouch was stolen.

6. As revealed in the Uncle Sanya story in Chapter 1, which of the following is considered a rare delicacy?
(a) Snails.
(b) Zebra meat.
(c) Elephant tusk shavings.
(d) The red mushroom.

7. What is a "beater" as Wole describes it in Chapter 9?
(a) A pair of overalls worn to protect against stinging insects.
(b) Someone who disturbs the brush to locate animals for hunters.
(c) Anything that is seemingly magical, such as the radio.
(d) Wild Christian's infamous stick she uses to punish children.

8. What is the occupation of Broda Pupa?
(a) Butcher.
(b) Oracle.
(c) Barber.
(d) Town administrator.

9. Who is the permanent headmaster of Wole's grammar school?
(a) Bada Dooey.
(b) Daodu.
(c) Edun.
(d) Mama Aduni.

10. Why can't Wole attend Government College when he is initially accepted?
(a) He does not get a scholarship.
(b) Wild Christian needs help at her shop.
(c) He must tend to a sick Essay.
(d) The area around the Government College became a contested zone during World War II.

11. What do the women do to symbolically strip the local chiefs of their power?
(a) They burn paper money issued by the chiefs.
(b) They break their walking staffs.
(c) They knock over a totem pole.
(d) They strip the chiefs of their scarves.

12. Who interrupts the festival given to Beere when she returns from England?
(a) Paa Adatan.
(b) Sorowanke.
(c) A naked woman.
(d) An orphan boy.

13. What best describes Daodu?
(a) Unfair.
(b) Larger-than-life.
(c) Meek.
(d) Extremely handsome.

14. What happens at the end of Wee-Wee's lashing of a boy in Chapter 12?
(a) The students applause Wee-Wee for his rigorous lashing.
(b) The teachers stop Wee-Wee from doing any more harm to the boy.
(c) Wee-Wee has second thoughts, and only delivers half of the lashings.
(d) Wee-Wee is weak, and by the last lash he is exhausted.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What town is Essay from, originally?

2. How long does the mob violence at the Alake compound last?

3. What complaint does Wole make at the beginning of Chapter 10?

4. Why does Beere travel to England in Chapter 13?

5. What racist view does Beere express in Chapter 15?

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