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

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

3. Which is NOT one of the things Wole sees during his first walking tour of Ake in Chapter 3?
(a) Girls learning to sew.
(b) The mill.
(c) A group of potion-makers.
(d) A majestic zebra.

4. At the beginning of Chapter 2, what is Wole jealous of concerning Tinu?
(a) That she has shoes, and he does not.
(b) That she gets the choicest morsels of bread, and he is stuck with hard crust.
(c) That she can split a pomegranate, and he can not.
(d) That she goes to school, and that he is too young to go.

5. Who lives in BishopsCourt?
(a) It is a guest house for visiting dignitaries.
(b) The cleaning staff of the compound.
(c) Female students.
(d) Male teachers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a "saara?"

2. What does Wole believe about the pomegranate fruit in Chapter 1?

3. What do Osiki and Wole initially have in common?

4. What is Wole's memorable experience the first time he ventures outside the parsonage's walls in Chapter 3?

5. Why does Wole believe Mr. B spends so much time at Wole's family's house?

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