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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 trick does Essay play on Wole with a light bulb in Chapter 8?
(a) Essay installs the light bulb in Wole's room, so he can't sleep.
(b) Essay pretends it takes a magical spell to turn the light on.
(c) When Wole breaks the light bulb, Essay pretends the light bulb cost hundreds of dollars.
(d) Essay gets Wole to believe it is a spirit trapped in a bottle.

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

3. What do people call Wole's grandfather?
(a) Saara Joe.
(b) Pappy.
(c) Mr. Iyan
(d) Father.

4. Where did Wee-Wee get his nickname?
(a) From his small stature.
(b) From his spendthrift ways.
(c) From his rambling speech patterns.
(d) From his hen-like gait.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who saves Wole from a savage beating at the end of Chapter 5?

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

3. In Chapter 12, why does Wee-Wee punish a boy with several dozen lashings?

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

5. What action taken by the drunken soldier in Chapter 8 enrages Wole?

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