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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How might Wild Christian best be characterized?
(a) Quiet, and thoughtful.
(b) Boisterous and ill-tempered.
(c) Quick-witted and gregarious.
(d) Stoop-shouldered and droopy-eyed.

2. What is Wole's nickname for the new radio in Chapter 8?
(a) One with the scratchy voice.
(b) The spirit in the box.
(c) One who speaks without expecting a reply.
(d) The prophet of universal information.

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

4. What is the teacher's reaction to young Wole coming to school uninvited at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) The teacher makes use of him by having him cut the grass.
(b) The teacher says Wole is welcome anytime.
(c) The teacher is angered, and has a long talk with Essay.
(d) The teacher is so amused, Wole is asked to teach the day's lesson.

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

6. Why does Paa Adatan wear a belt of amulets?
(a) To allow him to travel between the realms of life and death.
(b) To remind him of his dead wife.
(c) He believes they will deflect bullets and make him invincible.
(d) He wears an amulet for every Nazi he has killed.

7. Who or what is "Jonah"?
(a) The area behind Wole's house.
(b) The name given to a large rock outside the church.
(c) Wole's imaginary friend.
(d) The family home's welcome mat.

8. Who is the only member of Wole's extended family who is angry for him wandering off in Chapter 3?
(a) Wild Christian.
(b) Tinu.
(c) Essay.
(d) Mrs. B.

9. What trick does Essay play on Wole with a light bulb in Chapter 8?
(a) Essay installs the light bulb in Wole's room, so he can't sleep.
(b) Essay gets Wole to believe it is a spirit trapped in a bottle.
(c) When Wole breaks the light bulb, Essay pretends the light bulb cost hundreds of dollars.
(d) Essay pretends it takes a magical spell to turn the light on.

10. Which is NOT a name given to the master of Wole's parsonage compound?
(a) Wild Man.
(b) Canon.
(c) Reverend.
(d) Pa Delumo.

11. Who is Headmaster of the Grammar School?
(a) Reverend J. J. Ransome-Kuti.
(b) Odemo.
(c) Sanya.
(d) Essay.

12. Who defeats Paa Adatan in Chapter 8?
(a) Wole and his cousin.
(b) Bote troops.
(c) A dozen townspeople.
(d) Essay.

13. What are egungun?
(a) Two-story houses common throughout Ake.
(b) The parsonage school's official rules of conduct.
(c) Mysterious ancestral spirits.
(d) Candles used during religious ceremonies.

14. Why is Wole ordered kicked out of sleeping in Essay's bedroom in Chapter 6?
(a) Essay goes on a long trip, and locks his door.
(b) He urinated in the bed.
(c) He is punished for wrecking Essay's rose bush.
(d) He is deemed too old.

15. What debate do Wole and Essay get into at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) Whether rubbing harder on the skin gets it any cleaner.
(b) Whether there is a difference between water and rain.
(c) Whether there is a difference between clouds and fog.
(d) Whether the compound is the correct place to raise a child.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, how does Wole entertain his guests during his fourth birthday party?

2. Who is "Tinu?"

3. In Chapter 8, who frees Paa Adatan after he is captured?

4. Why does Wole decide to run away from home in Chapter 6?

5. What do Essay and Christian accuse the maid of in Chapter 7?

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