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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12 and 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 12, why does Wee-Wee punish a boy with several dozen lashings?
(a) The boy hit a teacher.
(b) The boy stole Wole's school supplies.
(c) The boy got a girl pregnant.
(d) The boy caused unnecessary alarm by claiming there was a fire.

2. Why does Wole destroy the family's roses at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) He was getting back at Essay for beating him earlier.
(b) He destroyed the roses on a dare from Osiki.
(c) He thought Wild Christian needed roses for her famous stew.
(d) Waving a vegetable stalk, he imagined a swordfight, and got carried away.

3. What does Wild Christian name her women's group?
(a) The Egba Women's Union.
(b) The Ake Women's Collective.
(c) Many Voices, One Voice.
(d) Women's Advocacy Organization.

4. Who saves Wole from a savage beating at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) Mr. B.
(b) Essay.
(c) Tinu.
(d) Wild Christian.

5. What action taken by the drunken soldier in Chapter 8 enrages Wole?
(a) The soldier damages Essay's rose bush.
(b) The soldier cusses at Wild Christian.
(c) The soldier mocks Wole for being weak and cowardly.
(d) The soldier urinates in the family's outside well.

Short Answer Questions

1. What trouble does You-Mean-Mayself cause Essay and the household?

2. What issue is NOT discussed at Wild Christian's women's group?

3. In Chapter 8, how does Wild Christian react to the coming of the Bote troops?

4. What "job" is Wole given at the end of Chapter 5?

5. Why is Wole mad at his Sunday School teacher at the beginning of Chapter 5?

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