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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 prostrate himself before a chief.
(b) Wole refuses to remove his shoes.
(c) Wole refuses to utter the Lord's Prayer.
(d) Wole refuses to shake the hand of the mayor.

2. At the end of Chapter 7, why does Wild Christian pray for Wole?
(a) She prays he will get a college education.
(b) She prays he will be rich some day.
(c) She prays for his health.
(d) She prays that he is not possessed by the Devil.

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

4. What form does the protest at the Alake compound eventually take?
(a) A sit-in protest.
(b) It devolves into a massacre.
(c) The women refuse to eat until their demands are met.
(d) The women take several chiefs hostage.

5. What is a "beater" as Wole describes it in Chapter 9?
(a) A pair of overalls worn to protect against stinging insects.
(b) Someone who disturbs the brush to locate animals for hunters.
(c) Anything that is seemingly magical, such as the radio.
(d) Wild Christian's infamous stick she uses to punish children.

6. What is the immediate inspiration for a march upon the Alake in Chapter 14?
(a) The closing of the Government College.
(b) The rape of a women's group member.
(c) A mother's tearful story of excessive taxation.
(d) A "yam tax."

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

8. What complaint does Wole make at the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) The smells of the wonderful dishes of his youth are no more.
(b) The military is taking over the country.
(c) Wole never got his chance to become an engineer.
(d) Politicians are thoroughly corrupt.

9. In Chapter 9 after a fight with a snake, what part of the snake does Broda Pupa bury?
(a) He refuses to bury the snake.
(b) The rattle.
(c) The entire snake.
(d) The head.

10. Who is the permanent headmaster of Wole's grammar school?
(a) Mama Aduni.
(b) Daodu.
(c) Edun.
(d) Bada Dooey.

11. What rite of manhood does Wole endure at the end of Chapter 9?
(a) Wole is forced to sleep in a cave for four days.
(b) A hunt for a wild boar.
(c) Scarification.
(d) Wole is forced to fight several men in the village.

12. What is the name of Sorowanke's boyfriend?
(a) Osiki.
(b) Odemo.
(c) Edun.
(d) Yokolu.

13. What friend does Wole make in the church choir?
(a) Osiki.
(b) Broda Pupa.
(c) Egungun.
(d) Edun.

14. What is the name of Wole's grammar school?
(a) Odemo.
(b) Daodu International.
(c) Abeokuta.
(d) Ake Femi.

15. How does Wole react to the rite of manhood he endures in Chapter 9?
(a) Wole endures the pain easily, and is congratulated by Father.
(b) It is so painful, Wole sometimes feels as if he is in a dream.
(c) Wole nearly dies, and is rushed to the hospital.
(d) Wole laughs during the process, and Father thinks he is going mad.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Sorowanke live, according to Chapter 10?

2. What best describes how Daodu handles problems in school?

3. What inspires Kemberi to give a speech in Chapter 13?

4. What is Father's religion?

5. Odemo is the chief of which town?

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