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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Osiki and Wole initially have in common?
(a) A fondness for Tinu.
(b) A love of good food.
(c) They are physical neighbors.
(d) A love of the spoken word.

2. What is an "abiku?"
(a) A light breeze said to be an omen of luck and good fortune.
(b) A fearsome goat-demon said to haunt farmers.
(c) A pejorative term for someone who gossips.
(d) A spirit child halfway between the dead and living.

3. In Chapter 7, what does the baby return from the hospital with?
(a) Two long feeding tubes inserted into her arms.
(b) A miniature version of an iron lung machine.
(c) A cast around both feet.
(d) A plaster cast around her torso.

4. What is the phrase Wole uses to describe the odor in Wild Christian's room?
(a) Sweet and airy like a cake.
(b) Hot, humid, and sticky.
(c) Given to change like a chameleon.
(d) A riot of smells.

5. In Chapter 1, what punishment is given to young Wild Christian and Sanya for trespassing into the woods?
(a) They are deprived of food for a week.
(b) They are given half a dozen lashes apiece.
(c) They are expelled from school.
(d) They are both forced to eat a powerful pepper plant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is NOT a name given to the master of Wole's parsonage compound?

2. How does the women's protest end?

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

4. Why does Paa Adatan feel he is the victim of racism?

5. In Chapter 4, why does Wole hide in the pantry?

(see the answer key)

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