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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 7, what is Wole's baby sister dressed in when she is buried?
(a) A dress made of scraps of cloth from the villagers.
(b) A white dress.
(c) Many pieces of jewelry.
(d) She is buried without clothes.

2. How did Essay get his name?
(a) Essay calls everyone by the familiar "Ese."
(b) "Essay" is an onomatopoeia for the sound a snake makes, and Essay is mistrusted like a snake.
(c) His real initials are S.A., and Essay is a soundalike name.
(d) He is a masterful writer.

3. What does "Mr. B" do for a living?
(a) He teaches astronomy.
(b) He sells books.
(c) He mends fences.
(d) He is a merchant of jewelry.

4. What name does Mrs. Odufuwa give Wole?
(a) Osiki.
(b) Egungun.
(c) Lagilagi.
(d) Froo Froo.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who or what is "Jonah"?

2. Wole begins the narrative starting when he was what age?

3. What is the name of Wole's family servant?

4. Why does Wole believe Mr. B spends so much time at Wole's family's house?

5. What is the name of Wole's hometown?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Chapter 1's account of who Essay is.

2. Describe what happens at the end of Chapter 6, when Wild Christian catches Wole raiding the pantry?

3. How does Wole manage to wreck a rose bush at the end of Chapter 5? What is the consequence of his action?

4. Who is Paa Adatan? Describe him.

5. What dangerous accident does Wole cause in Chapter 5 while looking for presents? What is Wole's reaction?

6. What is the origin of the Jonah rock?

7. Describe the death of Wole's baby sister in Chapter 7. How does Wole react to the death?

8. Describe the incident in which Wole is hurt by a scythe at the end of Chapter 2.

9. Describe the solution accomplished for ridding Uncle Sanya of his oro spirit?

10. Describe the "see-saw" accident that Wole gets into with Osiki.

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