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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. Who lives in BishopsCourt?
(a) Female students.
(b) It is a guest house for visiting dignitaries.
(c) The cleaning staff of the compound.
(d) Male teachers.

2. Why does Wild Christian admonish Essay at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) Essay is instilling an argumentative spirit in Wole.
(b) Essay is beating Wole unnecessarily.
(c) Wole is making mischief, and Essay is doing nothing to stop him.
(d) Essay is indulging Wole too often with sweet treats.

3. At the beginning of Chapter 2, what is Wole jealous of concerning Tinu?
(a) That she can split a pomegranate, and he can not.
(b) That she goes to school, and that he is too young to go.
(c) That she gets the choicest morsels of bread, and he is stuck with hard crust.
(d) That she has shoes, and he does not.

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

5. Before Paa Adatan leaves the village in Chapter 8, what is his final act?
(a) He draws a line in the sand and dares anyone in Ake to cross it.
(b) He speaks in tongues, and then convulses in a seizure.
(c) He crushes a magical gourd with his boot.
(d) He gives an amulet to Wole.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Wole's great uncle?

2. What does "Mr. B" do for a living?

3. How might Wild Christian best be characterized?

4. After Paa Adatan's conflict with troops in Chapter 8, which term best describes his emotional state?

5. Who saves Wole from a savage beating at the end of Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the origin of the Jonah rock?

2. What is the nature of the philosophical debate Wole has with Essay in Chapter 4?

3. Describe Wole's gradual process of discovering the town around the compound at the beginning of Chapter 3.

4. How does Wole manage to wreck a rose bush at the end of Chapter 5? What is the consequence of his action?

5. Describe the family's reaction when Wole returns home from his journey through Ake in Chapter 3.

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

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

8. Describe the legend that Wole recounts in which Wild Christian and Uncle Sanya get in trouble with a ghommid.

9. Describe what happens at the end of Chapter 6, when Wild Christian catches Wole raiding the pantry?

10. How does Wole react when he is jealous of sister Tinu's attending school in Chapter 2?

(see the answer keys)

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