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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 Wole's opinion of snake meat?
(a) He enjoys the taste.
(b) He is never able to try it.
(c) He is disgusted by it, even though his family loves it.
(d) It is a staple of his diet, and he has no strong opinion about it.

2. What form does the protest at the Alake compound eventually take?
(a) It devolves into a massacre.
(b) The women refuse to eat until their demands are met.
(c) The women take several chiefs hostage.
(d) A sit-in protest.

3. In Chapter 12, why does Wee-Wee punish a boy with several dozen lashings?
(a) The boy got a girl pregnant.
(b) The boy hit a teacher.
(c) The boy caused unnecessary alarm by claiming there was a fire.
(d) The boy stole Wole's school supplies.

4. Who visits Ake at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) Ibara.
(b) Father.
(c) A strange medicine man.
(d) Odemo.

5. In Chapter 14, how does Wild Christian come to the aid of a local chief?
(a) She gives him money after his belt pouch was stolen.
(b) She helps him to read a letter from the British government.
(c) She hides him so he is not beaten by the mob.
(d) She testifies in his defense at trial.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the occupation of Broda Pupa?

2. Why is Wole disappointed when he reaches Isara in Chapter 9?

3. What are Wole's future plans for Mrs. Odufuwa?

4. What inspires Kemberi to give a speech in Chapter 13?

5. How is Beere received when she returns from England?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the nature of the controversy that arises from Beere's trip to England? How does the women's group respond?

2. Per Chapter 10, describe what Wole and Edun would do every Sunday morning prior to choir practice.

3. Describe the "rite of manhood" Wole endures at the end of Chapter 9.

4. How does Sorowanke anger the peddlers of Dayisi's Walk? How is the conflict resolved?

5. Describe Wild Christian's women's group. Who are its members? What do they discuss?

6. What opinion about shoes is expressed in Chapter 15?

7. Describe the nature of the "sit-in" staged by the women's group in Chapter 14.

8. What opinion does Wole express in Chapter 10 about Western influences and modern living?

9. Describe the events that lead up to the violence at the Alake's compound.

10. Overall, what is Wole's view about getting an education?

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