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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Wild Christian admonish Essay at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) Essay is instilling an argumentative spirit in Wole.
(b) Essay is indulging Wole too often with sweet treats.
(c) Essay is beating Wole unnecessarily.
(d) Wole is making mischief, and Essay is doing nothing to stop him.

3. What is the phrase Wole uses to describe the odor in Essay's room?
(a) Imagination stifling.
(b) Leaden and noxious.
(c) Ordered mustiness.
(d) Baked-in grease.

4. What is the name of Wole's baby sister in Chapter 7?
(a) Folasade.
(b) Tinu.
(c) Wild Christian.
(d) Atiki.

5. What is an iyan?
(a) A pounded yam.
(b) A spirit child halfway between life and death.
(c) A see-saw playground toy.
(d) A bothersome biting insect.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Wole sleeps with the other children in Chapter 6, what kind of nightmare does he have?

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

3. What do Osiki and Wole initially have in common?

4. In Chapter 2, how does Wole entertain his guests during his fourth birthday party?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 2, what is Wole jealous of concerning Tinu?

(see the answer key)

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