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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10 and 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Essay hire a photographer in Chapter 11?
(a) To document the poor state of the parsonage compound.
(b) To photograph Essay alone and with his family, for posterity.
(c) To document the wedding of a favorite former student.
(d) To photograph Essay's prize rose bush.

2. 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 is forcing him to learn a Psalm verse.
(c) The teacher called him "stinky" for not bathing.
(d) The teacher called attention to his favorite rock.

3. Who visits Ake at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) Odemo.
(b) Ibara.
(c) Father.
(d) A strange medicine man.

4. What is the popularly-held belief about the Bote troops?
(a) They are valorous, and will fight to the death in combat.
(b) They are cowards and do not deserve the respect of the townspeople.
(c) They are spies for Hitler, and one must be very careful speaking around them.
(d) They are wild and lawless, and they raid villages.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What trouble does You-Mean-Mayself cause Essay and the household?

2. Who or what is "Jonah"?

3. Odemo is the chief of which town?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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