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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 doesn't believe violence is the way, and she refuses to participate.
(d) Wild Christian betrays the women's group to the local police.

2. 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.

3. What is taught at Wild Christian's women's group?
(a) Art.
(b) Literacy.
(c) Engineering.
(d) Cooking.

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

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

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

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

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

9. What happens to the naked woman at the beginning of Chapter 14?
(a) She is dragged to the police station after a fierce fight.
(b) She doesn't say a word, and she is taken to the police station.
(c) She is applauded for her boldness and given an award.
(d) She is beaten and paraded through the streets to humiliate her.

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

11. At the end of Chapter 8, who runs away from Ake?
(a) Wild Christian.
(b) Wole.
(c) Dipo.
(d) Osiki.

12. Why does Essay hire a photographer in Chapter 11?
(a) To photograph Essay alone and with his family, for posterity.
(b) To document the poor state of the parsonage compound.
(c) To photograph Essay's prize rose bush.
(d) To document the wedding of a favorite former student.

13. How does the women's protest end?
(a) A woman is killed by police officers, shocking the group and ending the protest.
(b) Several women are arrested, and the protest is forcibly broken up.
(c) In an unsatisfying deadlock.
(d) The women's demands are met.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What best describes the spiritual beliefs of young Wole?

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

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

4. What is Daodu's other name?

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

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