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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Essay make Wole promise him in Chapter 11?
(a) That Wole will attend college.
(b) That Wole will always attend church.
(c) That Wole will never lie again.
(d) That Wole will travel to America.

3. What is the "last straw" in Sorowanke's fight with local peddlers?
(a) Sorowanke steals a potion rack from a peddler.
(b) The peddlers begin to charge her exorbitant fees.
(c) Sorowanke becomes pregnant.
(d) The peddlers bribe the police to arrest Sorowanke.

4. What is one of the concerns Daodu voices about the Government College?
(a) He has heard the discipline at the college is especially harsh.
(b) He doubts an organization that accepts only men.
(c) He doubts they teach anything useful beyond what grammar school teaches.
(d) He doubts an organization that uses white people to teach black people.

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

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

7. Why does Wole receive lashings in Chapter 12?
(a) For stealing school supplies.
(b) For stabbing a student with a pencil.
(c) For sloppy grass-cutting.
(d) For not properly cleaning the blackboards.

8. What happens at the end of Wee-Wee's lashing of a boy in Chapter 12?
(a) Wee-Wee is weak, and by the last lash he is exhausted.
(b) Wee-Wee has second thoughts, and only delivers half of the lashings.
(c) The teachers stop Wee-Wee from doing any more harm to the boy.
(d) The students applause Wee-Wee for his rigorous lashing.

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

10. Who does the Alake summon to his residence in response to the women's protest?
(a) Local chiefs.
(b) The British military.
(c) Essay.
(d) His spiritual adviser.

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

12. What are the caravanserai?
(a) Headmasters of grammar schools.
(b) Merchants from Isara.
(c) A group of holy men.
(d) A group akin to the American mafia.

13. Odemo is the chief of which town?
(a) Isara.
(b) Ake.
(c) Lagos.
(d) Obafemi.

14. What is Wole's opinion of snake meat?
(a) It is a staple of his diet, and he has no strong opinion about it.
(b) He is never able to try it.
(c) He enjoys the taste.
(d) He is disgusted by it, even though his family loves it.

15. Who interrupts the festival given to Beere when she returns from England?
(a) An orphan boy.
(b) A naked woman.
(c) Paa Adatan.
(d) Sorowanke.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under what circumstances does Wole join the church choir in Chapter 10?

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

3. What does Wole consider his "sanctuary" in Chapter 9 while staying in Isara?

4. What town is Essay from, originally?

5. How long does the mob violence at the Alake compound last?

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