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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 best characterizes Wee-Wee's handling of the grammar school?
(a) Lenient.
(b) Admirable.
(c) Uncertain.
(d) Corrupt.

2. What best describes Daodu?
(a) Unfair.
(b) Larger-than-life.
(c) Extremely handsome.
(d) Meek.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, why does Wole hide in the pantry?

2. Why can't Wole attend Government College when he is initially accepted?

3. What is the name of Wole's family servant?

4. How might Wild Christian best be characterized?

5. What trick does Essay play on Wole with a light bulb in Chapter 8?

(see the answer key)

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