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

2. Who is the only member of Wole's extended family who is angry for him wandering off in Chapter 3?
(a) Wild Christian.
(b) Essay.
(c) Mrs. B.
(d) Tinu.

3. In Chapter 4, how does Wole counter the accusation that he has a fear of water?
(a) He submerges himself in a water barrel for a minute and a half.
(b) He tries to run away to the coast.
(c) He states that he loves to be out in the rain.
(d) He pours a glass of water over himself.

4. What is the name of Wole's family servant?
(a) Nubi.
(b) Osiki.
(c) Tinu.
(d) Wild Christian.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Wole's problem at the beginning of Chapter 4?

2. What accident does Wole cause when looking for gifts in the rafters of his home in Chapter 5?

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

4. In Chapter 1, how is Uncle Sanya cured of his spirit possession?

5. In Chapter 1, what punishment is given to young Wild Christian and Sanya for trespassing into the woods?

(see the answer key)

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