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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. How might Wild Christian best be characterized?
(a) Quick-witted and gregarious.
(b) Stoop-shouldered and droopy-eyed.
(c) Boisterous and ill-tempered.
(d) Quiet, and thoughtful.

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

3. Why does Mrs. B punish her maid in Chapter 6?
(a) The maid stole the sugar jar.
(b) The maid did not clean the bathroom correctly.
(c) The maid was caught kissing a boy.
(d) The maid wet her bed.

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

5. What is Wole's problem at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) He is lost in the town of Ibara.
(b) The servant is bathing him in a rough fashion.
(c) He can't go to school, and wants to.
(d) His home has run out of yams.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 8, younger brother Dipo is given what new name?

2. What is the name of Wole's hometown?

3. Why does Wild Christian scold Wole during his birthday party in Chapter 2?

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

5. In Chapter 8, how does Wild Christian react to the coming of the Bote troops?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What bad habit does Wole admit to in Chapter 4, and how is he cured of it?

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

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

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

10. Who is Paa Adatan? Describe him.

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