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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Wole get his first look at the world outside the parsonage's walls in Chapter 3?

2. Which of the following best describes the temperament of the new baby in Chapter 7?

3. What do people call Wole's grandfather?

4. What causes Wole to experience a bad eye accident in Chapter 2?

5. Who is "Tinu?"

Short Essay Questions

1. What trouble does You-Mean-Mayself cause the household? How is he finally removed from the house?

2. Describe the changes that happen in the household when the new baby is on its way in Chapter 7.

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

4. Why, at the end of Chapter 8, is Wole's younger brother Dipo renamed Femi?

5. Describe the episode in which a teacher commits a sin against Essay's rose bush in Chapter 5.

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

7. How is Wild Christian and Uncle Sanya's trouble with a ghommid resolved?

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

9. Who is Paa Adatan? Describe him.

10. Describe the general features of the compound in which Wole lives mentioned in Chapter 1.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Wole's view on education? What can be learned in school that cannot be learned in everyday life, and vice versa? What or who influences Wole's views on education?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the tone Wole Soyinka uses throughout Ake. What is his attitude toward the events of his childhood? How might tone reveal his intent in relaying his biography to readers? Use specific examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Punishment, especially the punishment of children, is a common image in Ake. Cite three examples of punishment in the text. How is punished viewed, by both the punisher and the punished? Is it an effective deterrent to mischief?

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