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

2. Who saves Wole from a savage beating at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) Tinu.
(b) Mr. B.
(c) Essay.
(d) Wild Christian.

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

4. Who or what is "Jonah"?
(a) Wole's imaginary friend.
(b) The name given to a large rock outside the church.
(c) The family home's welcome mat.
(d) The area behind Wole's house.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What activity did Wole do every New Year?

2. What is the name of Wole's hometown?

3. What is a "saara?"

4. How did Essay get his name?

5. What is Wole's problem at the beginning of Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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