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

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

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

4. Wole begins the narrative starting when he was what age?
(a) Eight.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Fourteen.

5. How might Wild Christian best be characterized?
(a) Quick-witted and gregarious.
(b) Boisterous and ill-tempered.
(c) Stoop-shouldered and droopy-eyed.
(d) Quiet, and thoughtful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an iyan?

2. How did Essay get his name?

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

4. Who is the only member of Wole's extended family who is angry for him wandering off in Chapter 3?

5. What is the teacher's reaction to young Wole coming to school uninvited at the beginning of Chapter 2?

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