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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Wole get his first look at the world outside the parsonage's walls in Chapter 3?
(a) He trespasses into the church bell tower.
(b) He is rushed to a hospital.
(c) He is hoisted onto a ladder which overlooks the compound's walls.
(d) He sits with his family on their roof during a fireworks display.

2. What do Essay and Christian accuse the maid of in Chapter 7?
(a) Dropping the new baby.
(b) Having sex with a young man when they were away.
(c) Not cleaning the sleeping mat.
(d) Stealing powdered milk.

3. What action taken by the drunken soldier in Chapter 8 enrages Wole?
(a) The soldier urinates in the family's outside well.
(b) The soldier mocks Wole for being weak and cowardly.
(c) The soldier damages Essay's rose bush.
(d) The soldier cusses at Wild Christian.

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

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

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

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

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

9. In Chapter 1, how is Uncle Sanya cured of his spirit possession?
(a) Uncle Sanya is drained of a pint of blood.
(b) The offending spirits are given food to placate them.
(c) Uncle Sanya is confined in a hut for 2 months.
(d) Uncle Sanya is taken to a high mountain, where the spirits cannot reach.

10. Why does Wild Christian admonish Essay at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) Essay is instilling an argumentative spirit in Wole.
(b) Essay is indulging Wole too often with sweet treats.
(c) Wole is making mischief, and Essay is doing nothing to stop him.
(d) Essay is beating Wole unnecessarily.

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

12. What is the phrase Wole uses to describe the odor in Essay's room?
(a) Leaden and noxious.
(b) Baked-in grease.
(c) Imagination stifling.
(d) Ordered mustiness.

13. What does Bukola do to get her way with her father?
(a) She cries.
(b) She fakes trances.
(c) She sits on the ground and won't budge.
(d) She punches him on his arm.

14. Why do the children make fun of "You-Mean-Mayself"?
(a) His great bulk.
(b) His bulging eyes.
(c) His thick accent.
(d) His bushy moustache.

15. In Chapter 8, how does Wild Christian react to the coming of the Bote troops?
(a) Fearful of their reputation, she closes her shop for the day.
(b) She invites them to her shop, and gives them steep discounts on her goods.
(c) She invites them to her shop, and charges them double.
(d) She spits in a troop's face, and orders Paa Adatan to attack them.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Wole mad at his Sunday School teacher at the beginning of Chapter 5?

3. Upon returning to Ake at the end of Chapter 3, what is the first thing Wole says?

4. Who or what is emi esu?

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

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