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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 are ghommids?
(a) Forest creatures which hunt for children.
(b) Gifts provided to the parents of a woman of marriageable age.
(c) Mystical fruits that grant immortality.
(d) Fashionable shoes that schoolchildren wear.

2. What are egungun?
(a) Mysterious ancestral spirits.
(b) Two-story houses common throughout Ake.
(c) The parsonage school's official rules of conduct.
(d) Candles used during religious ceremonies.

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

4. Who or what is emi esu?
(a) A term of affection for a young woman.
(b) The tribal equivalent of the Devil.
(c) A large, leafy plant.
(d) A respected village elder.

5. Why does Wole destroy the family's roses at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) He thought Wild Christian needed roses for her famous stew.
(b) He was getting back at Essay for beating him earlier.
(c) Waving a vegetable stalk, he imagined a swordfight, and got carried away.
(d) He destroyed the roses on a dare from Osiki.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the popularly-held belief about the Bote troops?

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

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

4. What is Wole's memorable experience the first time he ventures outside the parsonage's walls in Chapter 3?

5. What activity did Wole do every New Year?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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