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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. Who or what is "Jonah"?
(a) The family home's welcome mat.
(b) The name given to a large rock outside the church.
(c) The area behind Wole's house.
(d) Wole's imaginary friend.

2. What is an "oro"?
(a) A flat shoe.
(b) A tribal tattoo.
(c) A type of Nigerian currency.
(d) A nature spirit.

3. What does "Mr. B" do for a living?
(a) He is a merchant of jewelry.
(b) He teaches astronomy.
(c) He sells books.
(d) He mends fences.

4. What is the name of the market Wole travels through on the way to choir practice?
(a) Kasada.
(b) Ibarapa.
(c) Ogiri.
(d) Egungun.

5. What is one of the concerns Daodu voices about the Government College?
(a) He doubts an organization that accepts only men.
(b) He has heard the discipline at the college is especially harsh.
(c) He doubts an organization that uses white people to teach black people.
(d) He doubts they teach anything useful beyond what grammar school teaches.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who defeats Paa Adatan in Chapter 8?

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

3. Under what circumstances does Wole join the church choir in Chapter 10?

4. Which is NOT one of the things a punished child is subject to, according to Wole in Chapter 6?

5. Why does Wole destroy the family's roses at the end of Chapter 5?

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