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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 possibility drives Wole into a depression in Chapter 11?
(a) The possibility he will never be able to attend college.
(b) The possibility that Essay may die.
(c) The possibility his baby sister may die.
(d) The possibility that Hitler may win World War II.

2. What is the name of Wole's hometown?
(a) Ake.
(b) Saara.
(c) Ivory Coast.
(d) Isara.

3. At the beginning of Chapter 2, what is Wole jealous of concerning Tinu?
(a) That she goes to school, and that he is too young to go.
(b) That she gets the choicest morsels of bread, and he is stuck with hard crust.
(c) That she can split a pomegranate, and he can not.
(d) That she has shoes, and he does not.

4. Under what circumstances does Wole join the church choir in Chapter 10?
(a) The organist hears him singing, and asks him to join.
(b) Wole joins the choir because a member of the choir is a girl he has feelings for.
(c) Wole bugs the choir leader until the leader agrees.
(d) Wole is forced to join by Wild Christian.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, what is Wole's baby sister dressed in when she is buried?

2. What best characterizes Wee-Wee's handling of the grammar school?

3. What rite of manhood does Wole endure at the end of Chapter 9?

4. Who does Wole initially believe the drunken soldier in Chapter 8 to be?

5. What friend does Wole make in the church choir?

(see the answer key)

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