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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What accident does Wole cause when looking for gifts in the rafters of his home in Chapter 5?
(a) He makes a hunting gun go off.
(b) He nearly puts an eye out with a scythe.
(c) He breaks a window playing ball.
(d) He breaks his grandfather's big toe.

2. What is an ogboni?
(a) A coconut cake.
(b) A crayfish stew.
(c) A local chief.
(d) A blacksmith.

3. What is NOT one of the changes Wole notices prior to his baby sister's birth?
(a) The sleeping mat was moved to another room.
(b) Real milk was substituted for powdered milk.
(c) Essay always looking worried.
(d) The furniture was rearranged.

4. How did Essay get his name?
(a) Essay calls everyone by the familiar "Ese."
(b) He is a masterful writer.
(c) "Essay" is an onomatopoeia for the sound a snake makes, and Essay is mistrusted like a snake.
(d) His real initials are S.A., and Essay is a soundalike name.

5. How do the majority of Ake's residents react to the new radio?
(a) The news causes hysteria in the town.
(b) They begin to write their own radio plays.
(c) They start a collection to travel to see Milton Berle.
(d) The residents stage a series of all-night dance-a-thons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Wole's memorable experience the first time he ventures outside the parsonage's walls in Chapter 3?

2. Who is the only member of Wole's extended family who is angry for him wandering off in Chapter 3?

3. How is Beere received when she returns from England?

4. Why do the children make fun of "You-Mean-Mayself"?

5. Who visits Ake at the beginning of Chapter 9?

(see the answer key)

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