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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Wole refuse to do in Odemo's palace that causes much commotion?
(a) Wole refuses to remove his shoes.
(b) Wole refuses to shake the hand of the mayor.
(c) Wole refuses to prostrate himself before a chief.
(d) Wole refuses to utter the Lord's Prayer.

2. What form does the ghommid take when it chases Uncle Sanya in Chapter 1?
(a) A storm cloud.
(b) An ogre.
(c) A giant fireball.
(d) The Devil.

3. What is kasada?
(a) Coconut cake.
(b) A large, fleshy melon.
(c) Crayfish stew.
(d) Wole's dismissive term for all Western influences.

4. What is Daodu's other name?
(a) Alake.
(b) Da Pelumo.
(c) Aduni Mo.
(d) Reverend A.O. Ransome-Kuti.

5. At the end of Chapter 10, what is the status of Sorowanke?
(a) She is driven from the town, but the city elders record her tale for posterity.
(b) She is driven from the town and forgotten.
(c) She becomes the owner of a successful coconut cake shop.
(d) She settles down and raises a family.

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

7. What is tinko?
(a) Tinsel wrapping for gifts.
(b) Lean meat fried to a hard crisp.
(c) A small truck used to transport villagers.
(d) Pennies for church tithe.

8. Why does Paa Adatan feel he is the victim of racism?
(a) The "no pockets" rule he is subject to is racist.
(b) He is paid substantially less than an equivalent white man.
(c) He wishes to kill Hitler, but feels the white man is preventing him from doing so.
(d) He believes he is not given a gun because white men do not trust black men.

9. What racist view does Beere express in Chapter 15?
(a) Whites dropped the A-Bomb on Japan in World War II because they were Asian.
(b) White men sleep with black women to feel superior.
(c) Whites are lazy and given to theft.
(d) Whites always break promises.

10. What does Wild Christian name her women's group?
(a) The Ake Women's Collective.
(b) The Egba Women's Union.
(c) Women's Advocacy Organization.
(d) Many Voices, One Voice.

11. How do the women mock the Alake at the beginning of Chapter 15?
(a) They speak with his nasally accent.
(b) They write mock newspaper articles.
(c) They wear imitations of his robe.
(d) They sing songs mocking him.

12. What does the white district officer say to Beere to anger her and start mob violence?
(a) "You women are all alike."
(b) "You have pretty eyes."
(c) "You need a beating."
(d) "Shut your women up."

13. Who visits Ake at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) A strange medicine man.
(b) Father.
(c) Odemo.
(d) Ibara.

14. What is Wole's reaction when he sees his first white man?
(a) He thinks the white man is a god.
(b) He thinks the white man is a tribal spirit.
(c) He believes the man is a black albino.
(d) He thinks his vision has been damaged.

15. How does Wild Christian respond to the mob violence in Chapter 14?
(a) Wild Christian is among the most violent instigators in the mob.
(b) Wild Christian tries to strangle the Alake.
(c) Wild Christian betrays the women's group to the local police.
(d) Wild Christian doesn't believe violence is the way, and she refuses to participate.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can't Wole attend Government College when he is initially accepted?

2. At the end of Chapter 7, why does Wild Christian pray for Wole?

3. Who interrupts the festival given to Beere when she returns from England?

4. Odemo is the chief of which town?

5. Where did Wee-Wee get his nickname?

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