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

2. Why is Wole mad at his Sunday School teacher at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) The teacher is forcing him to learn a Psalm verse.
(b) The teacher did not give him any juice at lunch.
(c) The teacher called attention to his favorite rock.
(d) The teacher called him "stinky" for not bathing.

3. What is Wole's memorable experience the first time he ventures outside the parsonage's walls in Chapter 3?
(a) For the first time, he eats a delicious variety of pounded yam.
(b) He is exposed to a marching band.
(c) He sees a naked woman bathing.
(d) He is kidnapped by a homeless man.

4. Who is Paa Adatan's stated enemy?
(a) Essay.
(b) The government of Nigeria.
(c) Adolf Hitler.
(d) Egungun, the earth spirit.

5. In Chapter 1, what punishment is given to young Wild Christian and Sanya for trespassing into the woods?
(a) They are both forced to eat a powerful pepper plant.
(b) They are expelled from school.
(c) They are deprived of food for a week.
(d) They are given half a dozen lashes apiece.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Wole's family servant?

2. What are ghommids?

3. What does Wole believe about the pomegranate fruit in Chapter 1?

4. Who is the only member of Wole's extended family who is angry for him wandering off in Chapter 3?

5. What sin does Wole describe committing in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. What dangerous accident does Wole cause in Chapter 5 while looking for presents? What is Wole's reaction?

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

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

4. Who is Paa Adatan? Describe him.

5. Describe the episode in which a teacher commits a sin against Essay's rose bush in Chapter 5.

6. What method of child punishment does Wole describe in Chapter 6?

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

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

9. Describe three things Wole sees during his journey through Ake in Chapter 3.

10. Describe the incident in which Wole is hurt by a scythe at the end of Chapter 2.

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