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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Wole ordered kicked out of sleeping in Essay's bedroom in Chapter 6?
(a) He is punished for wrecking Essay's rose bush.
(b) He urinated in the bed.
(c) He is deemed too old.
(d) Essay goes on a long trip, and locks his door.

2. What is the name of Wole's hometown?
(a) Ivory Coast.
(b) Ake.
(c) Isara.
(d) Saara.

3. What is called "a miracle from God" at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) Tinu's sudden recovery from a bad fever.
(b) Osiki's ability to not cause mischief during a church service.
(c) The fact that Wole did not lose an eye to a bad accident.
(d) The fact that Wole can read at one year of age.

4. What is the occupation of the first white person Wole ever sees in Chapter 3?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Potion-maker.
(c) Police officer.
(d) Tailor.

5. What "job" is Wole given at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) Wole is asked to keep an eye on mischievous Osiki.
(b) Wole is given responsibility for distributing an underground newspaper.
(c) Wole is put in charge of making sure no sugar is missing from the sugar jar.
(d) Wole is given responsibility for tending the backyard roses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was contained in Father's "mystery parcels" in Chapter 5?

2. In Chapter 7, what is Wole's baby sister dressed in when she is buried?

3. What does Bukola do to get her way with her father?

4. What are ghommids?

5. Wole begins the narrative starting when he was what age?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Wild Christian and Uncle Sanya's trouble with a ghommid resolved?

2. Describe the "see-saw" accident that Wole gets into with Osiki.

3. Who is Paa Adatan? Describe him.

4. Describe the general features of the compound in which Wole lives mentioned in Chapter 1.

5. Describe the death of Wole's baby sister in Chapter 7. How does Wole react to the death?

6. Describe the incident in which Paa Adatan confronts Bote troops.

7. Who is "You-Mean-Mayself"? How did he acquire that nickname?

8. How does Wole describe the difference in odors between Essay's room and Wild Christian's room?

9. Describe the changes that happen in the household when the new baby is on its way in Chapter 7.

10. Why, at the end of Chapter 8, is Wole's younger brother Dipo renamed Femi?

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