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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT one of the changes Wole notices prior to his baby sister's birth?
(a) Essay always looking worried.
(b) The furniture was rearranged.
(c) Real milk was substituted for powdered milk.
(d) The sleeping mat was moved to another room.

2. What activity did Wole do every New Year?
(a) Wole visited a soup kitchen and volunteered.
(b) Wole attended a long church service.
(c) Wole visited his grandparents in Isara.
(d) Wole took a day-long walking trip around Ake.

3. What accident does Wole suffer on his birthday in Chapter 2?
(a) He gets into a fight and receives two black eyes.
(b) While playing see-saw, Wole falls and hurts his head.
(c) His foot is broken when it is run over by an automobile tire.
(d) He nearly drowns during his beachside party.

4. What is a "saara?"
(a) A blanket used in the winter months.
(b) A gathering of both boy and girl students.
(c) A tree with sweet-tasting sap.
(d) A feast given as an offering to spirits.

5. What action taken by the drunken soldier in Chapter 8 enrages Wole?
(a) The soldier mocks Wole for being weak and cowardly.
(b) The soldier urinates in the family's outside well.
(c) The soldier cusses at Wild Christian.
(d) The soldier damages Essay's rose bush.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who or what is emi esu?

2. Why does Essay punish a teacher at school in Chapter 5?

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

4. What is Wole's memorable experience the first time he ventures outside the parsonage's walls in Chapter 3?

5. How did Essay get his name?

(see the answer key)

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