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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 and 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who saves Wole from a savage beating at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) Mr. B.
(b) Wild Christian.
(c) Tinu.
(d) Essay.

2. What is called "a miracle from God" at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) The fact that Wole can read at one year of age.
(b) Osiki's ability to not cause mischief during a church service.
(c) Tinu's sudden recovery from a bad fever.
(d) The fact that Wole did not lose an eye to a bad accident.

3. What does Wole believe about the pomegranate fruit in Chapter 1?
(a) That it can cure his mother's cancer.
(b) That it is the apple mentioned in the Bible that tempted Adam and Eve.
(c) That it is inhabited by the spirit of his ancestors.
(d) That it is full of deadly poison.

4. What is a "saara?"
(a) A feast given as an offering to spirits.
(b) A blanket used in the winter months.
(c) A tree with sweet-tasting sap.
(d) A gathering of both boy and girl students.

5. At the beginning of Chapter 2, what is Wole jealous of concerning Tinu?
(a) That she has shoes, and he does not.
(b) That she gets the choicest morsels of bread, and he is stuck with hard crust.
(c) That she goes to school, and that he is too young to go.
(d) That she can split a pomegranate, and he can not.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What accident does Wole suffer on his birthday in Chapter 2?

4. Wole begins the narrative starting when he was what age?

5. What does Bukola do to get her way with her father?

(see the answer key)

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