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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Paa Adatan wear a belt of amulets?
(a) He wears an amulet for every Nazi he has killed.
(b) To allow him to travel between the realms of life and death.
(c) He believes they will deflect bullets and make him invincible.
(d) To remind him of his dead wife.

3. What is the name of Wole's baby sister in Chapter 7?
(a) Wild Christian.
(b) Atiki.
(c) Tinu.
(d) Folasade.

4. What "job" is Wole given at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) Wole is put in charge of making sure no sugar is missing from the sugar jar.
(b) Wole is given responsibility for distributing an underground newspaper.
(c) Wole is given responsibility for tending the backyard roses.
(d) Wole is asked to keep an eye on mischievous Osiki.

5. Upon returning to Ake at the end of Chapter 3, what is the first thing Wole says?
(a) I am hungry.
(b) Where is my dog?
(c) Osiki ate all the yam.
(d) Who are you people?

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Essay punish a teacher at school in Chapter 5?

3. Why does Mrs. B punish her maid in Chapter 6?

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

5. In Chapter 3, how does Wole manage to get back home to Ake?

(see the answer key)

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