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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12 and 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 10, what is the status of Sorowanke?
(a) She settles down and raises a family.
(b) She is driven from the town and forgotten.
(c) She is driven from the town, but the city elders record her tale for posterity.
(d) She becomes the owner of a successful coconut cake shop.

2. What are egungun?
(a) Candles used during religious ceremonies.
(b) Two-story houses common throughout Ake.
(c) Mysterious ancestral spirits.
(d) The parsonage school's official rules of conduct.

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

4. What unfortunate event happens during the first week of Wole's grammar school education?
(a) His baby sister dies.
(b) He gets a detention for tardiness.
(c) He is cut with a scythe.
(d) Several school supplies are stolen by a bully.

5. What do Essay and Christian accuse the maid of in Chapter 7?
(a) Having sex with a young man when they were away.
(b) Dropping the new baby.
(c) Not cleaning the sleeping mat.
(d) Stealing powdered milk.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8, who frees Paa Adatan after he is captured?

2. What advice does Broda Pupa give to Wole concerning bee stings?

3. What is the phrase Wole uses to describe the odor in Wild Christian's room?

4. What happens at the end of Wee-Wee's lashing of a boy in Chapter 12?

5. What does Wole think about the Westernizing of his culture?

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