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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What subject dominates the radio waves in Chapter 8?
(a) A radio program called 'The Shadow.'
(b) The comedy of Jack Benny.
(c) World War II.
(d) The Nigerian fight for independence.

2. Wole begins the narrative starting when he was what age?
(a) Four.
(b) Eight.
(c) Three.
(d) Fourteen.

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

4. Popularization of the radio in Chapter 8 has people around Ake saying what catch phrase?
(a) Take my wife, please!
(b) Win the War.
(c) I'm a yankee doodle dandy.
(d) Yuck Yuck! That's me!

5. At the beginning of Chapter 6, who sleeps on the communal mat in Wild Christian's room?
(a) Essay.
(b) Osiki.
(c) Mr. and Mrs. B.
(d) Stray children from the village.

6. What is called "a miracle from God" at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) The fact that Wole can read at one year of age.
(b) The fact that Wole did not lose an eye to a bad accident.
(c) Tinu's sudden recovery from a bad fever.
(d) Osiki's ability to not cause mischief during a church service.

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

8. Why does Mrs. B punish her maid in Chapter 6?
(a) The maid wet her bed.
(b) The maid stole the sugar jar.
(c) The maid was caught kissing a boy.
(d) The maid did not clean the bathroom correctly.

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

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

11. What is the name of Wole's baby sister in Chapter 7?
(a) Wild Christian.
(b) Folasade.
(c) Tinu.
(d) Atiki.

12. In Chapter 4, how does Wole counter the accusation that he has a fear of water?
(a) He tries to run away to the coast.
(b) He pours a glass of water over himself.
(c) He submerges himself in a water barrel for a minute and a half.
(d) He states that he loves to be out in the rain.

13. In Chapter 7, what is Wole's baby sister dressed in when she is buried?
(a) A white dress.
(b) She is buried without clothes.
(c) Many pieces of jewelry.
(d) A dress made of scraps of cloth from the villagers.

14. What sin does Wole describe committing in Chapter 6?
(a) Tricking his sister into thinking a ghost is haunting her.
(b) Lying about cutting the grass of the parsonage compound.
(c) Taking money from the collection plate during church service.
(d) Eating spoonfuls of powdered milk without permission.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Headmaster of the Grammar School?

2. How might Wild Christian best be characterized?

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

4. Who or what is "Jonah"?

5. What is a "saara?"

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