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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is an "oro"?
(a) A tribal tattoo.
(b) A type of Nigerian currency.
(c) A nature spirit.
(d) A flat shoe.

2. What positive omen takes place during the protest at the end of Chapter 14?
(a) A cow joins the crowd.
(b) A baby girl is born.
(c) A soothsayer reports the spirits are pleased.
(d) It rains.

3. Why does Beere travel to England in Chapter 13?
(a) To see Big Ben and other landmarks.
(b) To advocate for the country's needs.
(c) To escape arrest.
(d) Because a friend in need is in London.

4. What do the women do to symbolically strip the local chiefs of their power?
(a) They strip the chiefs of their scarves.
(b) They knock over a totem pole.
(c) They break their walking staffs.
(d) They burn paper money issued by the chiefs.

5. What is the phrase Wole uses to describe the odor in Essay's room?
(a) Imagination stifling.
(b) Baked-in grease.
(c) Ordered mustiness.
(d) Leaden and noxious.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can't Wole attend Government College when he is initially accepted?

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

3. What is Father's religion?

4. What subject dominates the radio waves in Chapter 8?

5. What "job" is Wole given at the end of Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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