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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What subject dominates the radio waves in Chapter 8?
(a) World War II.
(b) A radio program called 'The Shadow.'
(c) The comedy of Jack Benny.
(d) The Nigerian fight for independence.

2. What is Wole's problem at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) His home has run out of yams.
(b) He is lost in the town of Ibara.
(c) The servant is bathing him in a rough fashion.
(d) He can't go to school, and wants to.

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

4. What trouble does You-Mean-Mayself cause Essay and the household?
(a) He refuses to pay back a significant loan.
(b) He steals the radio.
(c) He mooches food from the family.
(d) He plays his accordion at all hours of the night.

5. In Chapter 7, what is Wole's baby sister dressed in when she is buried?
(a) She is buried without clothes.
(b) Many pieces of jewelry.
(c) A white dress.
(d) A dress made of scraps of cloth from the villagers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mrs. B punish her maid in Chapter 6?

2. Why is Wole mad at his Sunday School teacher at the beginning of Chapter 5?

3. What is an "abiku?"

4. Wole begins the narrative starting when he was what age?

5. Who is "Tinu?"

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