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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The droughts bring what?
(a) Heat, but is followed by rainy seasons.
(b) Smaller crops, but still marketable.
(c) Daytime heat, but nighttime rains.
(d) Starvation.

2. What time is it when the story begins?
(a) Early evening.
(b) Early afternoon.
(c) Late afternoon.
(d) Late evening.

3. Obi Agilaga and Obi Uwechue sit and discuss young men who refuse to work but find time to do what?
(a) Sit around doing nothing.
(b) Get intoxicated.
(c) Chase after girls in the villages.
(d) Steal from the elders in the villages.

4. How many years old is Okei in the first chapter?
(a) 15.
(b) 16.
(c) 14.
(d) 17.

5. Obi Agilaga relates to Obi Uwechue that he thinks the girls will prove what in teaching the youths this lesson?
(a) Useless.
(b) Questionable.
(c) Helpful.
(d) Invaluable.

Short Answer Questions

1. The boys' discussion at the evening meeting turns to what topic?

2. As Nduka and Uche take Okei to meet the girls nearby, they commiserate that their parents all give them the same speech about being useless because of what?

3. What does Obi Agilaga tell Obi Uwechue that Okei will not do?

4. Obi Agilaga does what on the way home as he thinks about the boys who believe they are the only ones who have ever been young?

5. In preparation for tonight's meeting, who does Okei enlist the help of to sweep the meeting area?

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