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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Wole's memorable experience the first time he ventures outside the parsonage's walls in Chapter 3?
(a) He sees a naked woman bathing.
(b) He is kidnapped by a homeless man.
(c) For the first time, he eats a delicious variety of pounded yam.
(d) He is exposed to a marching band.

2. What are egungun?
(a) Candles used during religious ceremonies.
(b) Mysterious ancestral spirits.
(c) Two-story houses common throughout Ake.
(d) The parsonage school's official rules of conduct.

3. Why is Wole mad at his Sunday School teacher at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) The teacher called attention to his favorite rock.
(b) The teacher called him "stinky" for not bathing.
(c) The teacher did not give him any juice at lunch.
(d) The teacher is forcing him to learn a Psalm verse.

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

5. What are the caravanserai?
(a) A group akin to the American mafia.
(b) Headmasters of grammar schools.
(c) Merchants from Isara.
(d) A group of holy men.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the popularly-held belief about the Bote troops?

2. In Chapter 8, who frees Paa Adatan after he is captured?

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

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

5. What causes Wole to experience a bad eye accident in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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