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

2. What is the name of Wole's family servant?
(a) Nubi.
(b) Wild Christian.
(c) Osiki.
(d) Tinu.

3. What is Wole's nickname for the new radio in Chapter 8?
(a) The spirit in the box.
(b) One who speaks without expecting a reply.
(c) The prophet of universal information.
(d) One with the scratchy voice.

4. In Chapter 8, who frees Paa Adatan after he is captured?
(a) Wole.
(b) Wild Christian.
(c) Uncle Dipo.
(d) Mr. B.

5. What accident does Wole cause when looking for gifts in the rafters of his home in Chapter 5?
(a) He breaks his grandfather's big toe.
(b) He makes a hunting gun go off.
(c) He breaks a window playing ball.
(d) He nearly puts an eye out with a scythe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What unfortunate event happens during the first week of Wole's grammar school education?

2. What best describes Daodu?

3. How do the majority of Ake's residents react to the new radio?

4. What "bad habit" does Wole admit to in Chapter 4?

5. What does Wild Christian name her women's group?

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