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

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

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

4. How does Wole get his first look at the world outside the parsonage's walls in Chapter 3?
(a) He is rushed to a hospital.
(b) He is hoisted onto a ladder which overlooks the compound's walls.
(c) He sits with his family on their roof during a fireworks display.
(d) He trespasses into the church bell tower.

5. Why is Wole mad at his Sunday School teacher at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) The teacher called attention to his favorite rock.
(b) The teacher is forcing him to learn a Psalm verse.
(c) The teacher did not give him any juice at lunch.
(d) The teacher called him "stinky" for not bathing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an "abiku?"

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

3. How might Wild Christian best be characterized?

4. Who lives in BishopsCourt?

5. Who saves Wole from a savage beating at the end of Chapter 5?

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