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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 inspires Kemberi to give a speech in Chapter 13?
(a) A mudslide had caused sanitation problems in the town.
(b) A young orphan died from starvation.
(c) A woman was raped by a policeman.
(d) Women were forced to pay exorbitant taxes on goods.

2. In Chapter 4, why does Wole hide in the pantry?
(a) Wild Christian wants to give him a sour-tasting medicine.
(b) Wild Christian wants him to help her shop in town.
(c) Essay wants to hear him sing, and Wole does not want to sing.
(d) So St. Peter cannot spy on him from the roof.

3. When Wole sleeps with the other children in Chapter 6, what kind of nightmare does he have?
(a) He dreams he is falling down a waterfall.
(b) He dreams he is in a labyrinth and cannot find a way out.
(c) He dreams a 12-foot-tall ogre is chasing him.
(d) He dreams snakes are attacking him.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What town is Essay from, originally?

2. Why does Paa Adatan wear a belt of amulets?

3. What action taken by the drunken soldier in Chapter 8 enrages Wole?

4. What is Wole's problem at the beginning of Chapter 4?

5. What is unusual about the beginning of Chapter 10?

(see the answer key)

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