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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. What is Wole's problem at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) He can't go to school, and wants to.
(b) The servant is bathing him in a rough fashion.
(c) He is lost in the town of Ibara.
(d) His home has run out of yams.

2. What does "Mr. B" do for a living?
(a) He mends fences.
(b) He sells books.
(c) He is a merchant of jewelry.
(d) He teaches astronomy.

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

4. Which is NOT a name given to the master of Wole's parsonage compound?
(a) Pa Delumo.
(b) Wild Man.
(c) Reverend.
(d) Canon.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who lives in BishopsCourt?

2. Which is NOT one of the things Wole sees during his first walking tour of Ake in Chapter 3?

3. Why does Wole destroy the family's roses at the end of Chapter 5?

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

5. What are egungun?

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