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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Wole consider his "sanctuary" in Chapter 9 while staying in Isara?
(a) An abandoned bomb shelter.
(b) The central fountain.
(c) Father's mud-house.
(d) The market district.

2. Who is the permanent headmaster of Wole's grammar school?
(a) Edun.
(b) Bada Dooey.
(c) Daodu.
(d) Mama Aduni.

3. 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 that Hitler may win World War II.
(d) The possibility his baby sister may die.

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

5. According to Chapter 10, how might Wole characterize his life as a child?
(a) Tainted by Western influence.
(b) Complicated and frenetic.
(c) Simple and good.
(d) Depressing.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Wole get his first look at the world outside the parsonage's walls in Chapter 3?

3. How does Wild Christian respond to the mob violence in Chapter 14?

4. What does Wole refuse to do in Odemo's palace that causes much commotion?

5. What is wrong with the man whom Wole and Broda Pupa encounter in Chapter 9 upon returning from the farm?

(see the answer key)

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