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

2. What "bad habit" does Wole admit to in Chapter 4?
(a) Sloppiness while eating a pomegranate fruit.
(b) Crossing his heart for no reason when crossing the street.
(c) Making a loud clucking sound with his tongue at inappropriate times.
(d) Dipping his fingers in the Wash-Hand Basin.

3. Who is "Tinu?"
(a) Wole's great aunt.
(b) Wole's older sister.
(c) A local mystic.
(d) Headmaster of the Grammar School.

4. In Chapter 1, how is Uncle Sanya cured of his spirit possession?
(a) Uncle Sanya is taken to a high mountain, where the spirits cannot reach.
(b) Uncle Sanya is confined in a hut for 2 months.
(c) Uncle Sanya is drained of a pint of blood.
(d) The offending spirits are given food to placate them.

5. In Chapter 2, what does Wole believe about St. Peter?
(a) St. Peter is responsible for the beautiful music he hears every morning.
(b) St. Peter lives on Wole's roof and is always spying on him.
(c) St. Peter is the source of his constant hunger.
(d) St. Peter is an ancestral spirit that can be conversed with.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are ghommids?

2. What is the occupation of the first white person Wole ever sees in Chapter 3?

3. In Chapter 1, what punishment is given to young Wild Christian and Sanya for trespassing into the woods?

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

5. Why does Wild Christian admonish Essay at the beginning of Chapter 4?

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