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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. Who interrupts the festival given to Beere when she returns from England?
(a) An orphan boy.
(b) Sorowanke.
(c) A naked woman.
(d) Paa Adatan.

2. What position does the Alake have?
(a) The Alake is the local governor.
(b) The Alake is the mayor of Ake.
(c) The Alake is the president of Nigeria.
(d) The Alake is principal of the grammar school.

3. What does Wole refuse to do in Odemo's palace that causes much commotion?
(a) Wole refuses to utter the Lord's Prayer.
(b) Wole refuses to remove his shoes.
(c) Wole refuses to prostrate himself before a chief.
(d) Wole refuses to shake the hand of the mayor.

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

5. Odemo is the chief of which town?
(a) Ake.
(b) Obafemi.
(c) Lagos.
(d) Isara.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Wole's reaction when he sees his first white man?

2. What happens to the naked woman at the beginning of Chapter 14?

3. What is akara?

4. In Chapter 14, what unites the unions being created across Africa?

5. What is the name of Wole's grammar school?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the tax controversy that arises in Chapter 13, and how the women's group addresses it.

2. How does Daodu run his school?

3. Generally speaking, how is the philosophy in Wole's community about punishing children?

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

5. How does the Alake respond to the women's march?

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

7. How does Wole deal with the prospect of Essay dying in Chapter 11? How does Essay himself deal with the prospect?

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

9. What does Essay make Wole promise in Chapter 11? How does Wole respond to this request?

10. Describe the lashing of the boy by Wee-Wee in Chapter 12.

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