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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 is called "a miracle from God" at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) The fact that Wole did not lose an eye to a bad accident.
(b) Osiki's ability to not cause mischief during a church service.
(c) Tinu's sudden recovery from a bad fever.
(d) The fact that Wole can read at one year of age.

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

3. What is the name of Wole's hometown?
(a) Ake.
(b) Ivory Coast.
(c) Saara.
(d) Isara.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Wole destroy the family's roses at the end of Chapter 5?

2. What "job" is Wole given at the end of Chapter 5?

3. Why does Wild Christian scold Wole during his birthday party in Chapter 2?

4. In Chapter 2, what does Wole believe about St. Peter?

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

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