Aké: The Years of Childhood Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 145 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Aké: The Years of Childhood Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 145 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Which is NOT a name given to the master of Wole's parsonage compound?
(a) Reverend.
(b) Pa Delumo.
(c) Wild Man.
(d) Canon.

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

3. Which is NOT one of the things a punished child is subject to, according to Wole in Chapter 6?
(a) The child is deprived of food until near starvation.
(b) The child is whipped.
(c) The child is made to dance to look foolish.
(d) The child is paraded around town.

4. What does Bukola do to get her way with her father?
(a) She sits on the ground and won't budge.
(b) She fakes trances.
(c) She punches him on his arm.
(d) She cries.

5. Who does Wole initially believe the drunken soldier in Chapter 8 to be?
(a) Adolf Hitler.
(b) Uncle Sanya.
(c) His long-lost brother.
(d) Wild Christian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What subject dominates the radio waves in Chapter 8?

2. What name does Mrs. Odufuwa give Wole?

3. What is the occupation of the first white person Wole ever sees in Chapter 3?

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

5. What is the name of Wole's baby sister in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Paa Adatan? Describe him.

3. Describe Chapter 1's account of who Essay is.

4. What is the origin of the Jonah rock?

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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