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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 is the teacher's reaction to young Wole coming to school uninvited at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) The teacher is angered, and has a long talk with Essay.
(b) The teacher makes use of him by having him cut the grass.
(c) The teacher is so amused, Wole is asked to teach the day's lesson.
(d) The teacher says Wole is welcome anytime.

2. In Chapter 1, what punishment is given to young Wild Christian and Sanya for trespassing into the woods?
(a) They are expelled from school.
(b) They are deprived of food for a week.
(c) They are both forced to eat a powerful pepper plant.
(d) They are given half a dozen lashes apiece.

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

4. What causes Wole to experience a bad eye accident in Chapter 2?
(a) A javelin.
(b) A scythe.
(c) A rusty nail.
(d) A pen.

5. In Chapter 3, how does Wole manage to get back home to Ake?
(a) He is taken by train.
(b) He is taken on the handlebars of a bike.
(c) He is taken by boat.
(d) He is carried in the arms of a police officer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who lives in BishopsCourt?

2. Who is "Tinu?"

3. How does Wole get his first look at the world outside the parsonage's walls in Chapter 3?

4. What is an iyan?

5. What does "Mr. B" do for a living?

(see the answer key)

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