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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2 and 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are ghommids?
(a) Fashionable shoes that schoolchildren wear.
(b) Mystical fruits that grant immortality.
(c) Forest creatures which hunt for children.
(d) Gifts provided to the parents of a woman of marriageable age.

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

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

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

5. What is an iyan?
(a) A spirit child halfway between life and death.
(b) A see-saw playground toy.
(c) A bothersome biting insect.
(d) A pounded yam.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of Wole's great uncle?

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

4. Who lives in BishopsCourt?

5. In Chapter 2, how does Wole entertain his guests during his fourth birthday party?

(see the answer key)

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