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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 the occupation of the first white person Wole ever sees in Chapter 3?
(a) Tailor.
(b) Potion-maker.
(c) Police officer.
(d) Teacher.

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

3. What is the phrase Wole uses to describe the odor in Wild Christian's room?
(a) Sweet and airy like a cake.
(b) Hot, humid, and sticky.
(c) A riot of smells.
(d) Given to change like a chameleon.

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

5. Why do the children make fun of "You-Mean-Mayself"?
(a) His great bulk.
(b) His thick accent.
(c) His bulging eyes.
(d) His bushy moustache.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an "abiku?"

2. How does Wole get his first look at the world outside the parsonage's walls in Chapter 3?

3. What name does Mrs. Odufuwa give Wole?

4. Why does Wole believe Mr. B spends so much time at Wole's family's house?

5. What does "Mr. B" do for a living?

(see the answer key)

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