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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Headmaster of the Grammar School?
(a) Reverend J. J. Ransome-Kuti.
(b) Sanya.
(c) Essay.
(d) Odemo.

3. What do Osiki and Wole initially have in common?
(a) A love of the spoken word.
(b) A love of good food.
(c) They are physical neighbors.
(d) A fondness for Tinu.

4. How did Essay get his name?
(a) He is a masterful writer.
(b) His real initials are S.A., and Essay is a soundalike name.
(c) Essay calls everyone by the familiar "Ese."
(d) "Essay" is an onomatopoeia for the sound a snake makes, and Essay is mistrusted like a snake.

5. At the beginning of Chapter 6, who sleeps on the communal mat in Wild Christian's room?
(a) Essay.
(b) Osiki.
(c) Stray children from the village.
(d) Mr. and Mrs. B.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, how is Uncle Sanya cured of his spirit possession?

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

3. In Chapter 7, what does the baby return from the hospital with?

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

5. What are ghommids?

(see the answer key)

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