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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. What advice does Broda Pupa give to Wole concerning bee stings?
(a) If attacked by a swarm of bees, drop to the ground and roll around.
(b) If attacked by a swarm of bees, run away as fast as you can.
(c) Bee stings can be treated with hyena dung.
(d) Bee stings can be treated with a warm salt bath.

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

3. What happens at the end of Wee-Wee's lashing of a boy in Chapter 12?
(a) Wee-Wee has second thoughts, and only delivers half of the lashings.
(b) Wee-Wee is weak, and by the last lash he is exhausted.
(c) The students applause Wee-Wee for his rigorous lashing.
(d) The teachers stop Wee-Wee from doing any more harm to the boy.

4. Who does Wole initially believe the drunken soldier in Chapter 8 to be?
(a) Wild Christian.
(b) His long-lost brother.
(c) Adolf Hitler.
(d) Uncle Sanya.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is wrong with the man whom Wole and Broda Pupa encounter in Chapter 9 upon returning from the farm?

2. Odemo is the chief of which town?

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

4. What is an "oro"?

5. What is an iyan?

(see the answer key)

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