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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does "Mr. B" do for a living?
(a) He is a merchant of jewelry.
(b) He sells books.
(c) He mends fences.
(d) He teaches astronomy.

2. Why is Wole mad at his Sunday School teacher at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) The teacher called him "stinky" for not bathing.
(b) The teacher called attention to his favorite rock.
(c) The teacher did not give him any juice at lunch.
(d) The teacher is forcing him to learn a Psalm verse.

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

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

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

6. What is NOT one of the changes Wole notices prior to his baby sister's birth?
(a) The furniture was rearranged.
(b) Essay always looking worried.
(c) The sleeping mat was moved to another room.
(d) Real milk was substituted for powdered milk.

7. What trouble does You-Mean-Mayself cause Essay and the household?
(a) He steals the radio.
(b) He refuses to pay back a significant loan.
(c) He mooches food from the family.
(d) He plays his accordion at all hours of the night.

8. Who lives in BishopsCourt?
(a) Male teachers.
(b) The cleaning staff of the compound.
(c) Female students.
(d) It is a guest house for visiting dignitaries.

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

10. In Chapter 2, how does Wole entertain his guests during his fourth birthday party?
(a) Playing tag.
(b) Building a small house from strips of wood.
(c) Singing.
(d) Staging a swordfight with branches as swords.

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

12. What "bad habit" does Wole admit to in Chapter 4?
(a) Crossing his heart for no reason when crossing the street.
(b) Dipping his fingers in the Wash-Hand Basin.
(c) Making a loud clucking sound with his tongue at inappropriate times.
(d) Sloppiness while eating a pomegranate fruit.

13. What is Wole's problem at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) The servant is bathing him in a rough fashion.
(b) He is lost in the town of Ibara.
(c) He can't go to school, and wants to.
(d) His home has run out of yams.

14. Who is "Tinu?"
(a) A local mystic.
(b) Headmaster of the Grammar School.
(c) Wole's great aunt.
(d) Wole's older sister.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Osiki and Wole initially have in common?

2. What is the teacher's reaction to young Wole coming to school uninvited at the beginning of Chapter 2?

3. Who or what is "Jonah"?

4. What is an "abiku?"

5. At the beginning of Chapter 6, who sleeps on the communal mat in Wild Christian's room?

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