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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. What best characterizes Wee-Wee's handling of the grammar school?
(a) Admirable.
(b) Lenient.
(c) Uncertain.
(d) Corrupt.
2. What is the "last straw" in Sorowanke's fight with local peddlers?
(a) Sorowanke steals a potion rack from a peddler.
(b) Sorowanke becomes pregnant.
(c) The peddlers begin to charge her exorbitant fees.
(d) The peddlers bribe the police to arrest Sorowanke.
3. What racist view does Beere express in Chapter 15?
(a) Whites are lazy and given to theft.
(b) Whites always break promises.
(c) White men sleep with black women to feel superior.
(d) Whites dropped the A-Bomb on Japan in World War II because they were Asian.
4. What are Wole's future plans for Mrs. Odufuwa?
(a) He plans to marry her.
(b) He plans to bring her to Isara.
(c) He plans to hit her for humiliating him.
(d) He plans to ask her to be his new mother.
5. 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 had been stung countless times by bees.
(c) The man has terrible stomach pains.
(d) The man is running from a murderous gang.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is an ogboni?
2. What is unusual about the beginning of Chapter 10?
3. According to Chapter 10, how might Wole characterize his life as a child?
4. How do the women mock the Alake at the beginning of Chapter 15?
5. How does the Alake respond initially to the women's group demands?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the process of Sorowanke finding and creating a home in Chapter 10.
2. How does Daodu run his school?
3. Describe the lashing of the boy by Wee-Wee in Chapter 12.
4. Per Chapter 10, describe what Wole and Edun would do every Sunday morning prior to choir practice.
5. How does Wild Christian react to the chaos and violence that erupts at the Alake's compound?
6. What opinion about shoes is expressed in Chapter 15?
7. What are two examples of racist views that are brought to light in Chapter 15 by members of Wole's community?
8. How does the Alake respond to the women's march?
9. How does Wole deal with the prospect of Essay dying in Chapter 11? How does Essay himself deal with the prospect?
10. What is the general dynamic between Wole, Essay, and Wild Christian? What is the nature of their relationship?
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