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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is unusual about the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) Wole breaks from his childhood narrative to speak about the present-day.
(b) Wole writes from the perspective of Wild Christian.
(c) Wole speaks in rhyme.
(d) Wole begins speaking directly to an unnamed friend.

4. In Chapter 12, why does Wee-Wee punish a boy with several dozen lashings?
(a) The boy hit a teacher.
(b) The boy got a girl pregnant.
(c) The boy stole Wole's school supplies.
(d) The boy caused unnecessary alarm by claiming there was a fire.

5. 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 head.
(d) The entire snake.

6. 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.

7. 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 his baby sister may die.
(d) The possibility that Essay may die.

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

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

10. According to Chapter 10, how might Wole characterize his life as a child?
(a) Complicated and frenetic.
(b) Depressing.
(c) Simple and good.
(d) Tainted by Western influence.

11. What does the derogatory term "agb'eyin-to" refer to?
(a) Women.
(b) Westernized Africans.
(c) Traitors.
(d) White men.

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

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

14. Why does Beere travel to England in Chapter 13?
(a) To see Big Ben and other landmarks.
(b) To advocate for the country's needs.
(c) To escape arrest.
(d) Because a friend in need is in London.

15. On a trip to Broda Pupa's farm, which is NOT one of the activities Wole participates in?
(a) Gather fruits.
(b) Hoe farmland.
(c) Have a feast of snake meat.
(d) Milk a cow.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the women's protest end?

2. What positive omen takes place during the protest at the end of Chapter 14?

3. Why does Sorowanke leave her home in Chapter 10?

4. What racist view does Beere express in Chapter 15?

5. What best characterizes Wee-Wee's handling of the grammar school?

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