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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What best describes Daodu?
(a) Meek.
(b) Extremely handsome.
(c) Larger-than-life.
(d) Unfair.

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

4. What is akara?
(a) A process of application to become a holy man.
(b) A spirit of the forest.
(c) Fried bean cake.
(d) A salve used to treat bee stings.

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

6. What is ogiri?
(a) A swear word.
(b) Coconut cake.
(c) A type of cheese product.
(d) Street orphans.

7. What best describes how Daodu handles problems in school?
(a) He handles problems like a sports referee.
(b) He handles his school like a military dictator.
(c) He handles school like a court of law.
(d) He lets the students handle their own problems.

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

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

10. As revealed in the Uncle Sanya story in Chapter 1, which of the following is considered a rare delicacy?
(a) Zebra meat.
(b) The red mushroom.
(c) Snails.
(d) Elephant tusk shavings.

11. Under what circumstances does Wole join the church choir in Chapter 10?
(a) Wole is forced to join by Wild Christian.
(b) Wole bugs the choir leader until the leader agrees.
(c) The organist hears him singing, and asks him to join.
(d) Wole joins the choir because a member of the choir is a girl he has feelings for.

12. What contradiction does Wole see in Daodu?
(a) A huge man who nonetheless possesses a thin, soft voice.
(b) A man who preaches justice but always plays favorites.
(c) An educated man who nonetheless believes in corporal punishment.
(d) A man who boasts about his intelligence, but always displays stupidity.

13. What possibility drives Wole into a depression in Chapter 11?
(a) The possibility that Essay may die.
(b) The possibility he will never be able to attend college.
(c) The possibility his baby sister may die.
(d) The possibility that Hitler may win World War II.

14. How is Beere received when she returns from England?
(a) She is given an award from the local governor.
(b) She is given a hero's welcome.
(c) She is reviled, and fruit is thrown at her.
(d) The return happens without incident.

15. Why does Sorowanke leave her home in Chapter 10?
(a) She wins the local lottery and buys a house.
(b) Children pelt her with sticks and stones.
(c) She is beaten by her boyfriend.
(d) She claims to hear a voice from God ordering her to travel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What friend does Wole make in the church choir?

2. What is the immediate inspiration for a march upon the Alake in Chapter 14?

3. Why does Essay hire a photographer in Chapter 11?

4. What is wrong with the man whom Wole and Broda Pupa encounter in Chapter 9 upon returning from the farm?

5. What happens to the naked woman at the beginning of Chapter 14?

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