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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. Why can't Wole attend Government College when he is initially accepted?
(a) He must tend to a sick Essay.
(b) Wild Christian needs help at her shop.
(c) He does not get a scholarship.
(d) The area around the Government College became a contested zone during World War II.

2. What is Wole's problem at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) He is lost in the town of Ibara.
(b) He can't go to school, and wants to.
(c) His home has run out of yams.
(d) The servant is bathing him in a rough fashion.

3. What trouble does You-Mean-Mayself cause Essay and the household?
(a) He steals the radio.
(b) He refuses to pay back a significant loan.
(c) He plays his accordion at all hours of the night.
(d) He mooches food from the family.

4. Who is the permanent headmaster of Wole's grammar school?
(a) Bada Dooey.
(b) Mama Aduni.
(c) Daodu.
(d) Edun.

5. Before Paa Adatan leaves the village in Chapter 8, what is his final act?
(a) He speaks in tongues, and then convulses in a seizure.
(b) He draws a line in the sand and dares anyone in Ake to cross it.
(c) He crushes a magical gourd with his boot.
(d) He gives an amulet to Wole.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do people call Wole's grandfather?

2. How might Wild Christian best be characterized?

3. What happens at the end of Wee-Wee's lashing of a boy in Chapter 12?

4. What is taught at Wild Christian's women's group?

5. What inspires Kemberi to give a speech in Chapter 13?

(see the answer key)

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