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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. What does "Mr. B" do for a living?
(a) He is a merchant of jewelry.
(b) He teaches astronomy.
(c) He sells books.
(d) He mends fences.

2. What activity did Wole do every New Year?
(a) Wole visited his grandparents in Isara.
(b) Wole attended a long church service.
(c) Wole visited a soup kitchen and volunteered.
(d) Wole took a day-long walking trip around Ake.

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

4. Who is "Tinu?"
(a) Wole's great aunt.
(b) Wole's older sister.
(c) Headmaster of the Grammar School.
(d) A local mystic.

5. Wole begins the narrative starting when he was what age?
(a) Three.
(b) Eight.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the children make fun of "You-Mean-Mayself"?

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

3. In Chapter 7, how does Wole regard Mrs. Odufuwa?

4. What is an "oro"?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 2, what is Wole jealous of concerning Tinu?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the solution accomplished for ridding Uncle Sanya of his oro spirit?

3. Who is Paa Adatan? Describe him.

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

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

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

7. What two new inventions is Wole exposed to at the top of Chapter 8?

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

9. What is unusual about Bukola? What does Wole think about her behavior?

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

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