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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 best describes how Daodu handles problems in school?
(a) He lets the students handle their own problems.
(b) He handles problems like a sports referee.
(c) He handles school like a court of law.
(d) He handles his school like a military dictator.

2. What inspires Kemberi to give a speech in Chapter 13?
(a) A mudslide had caused sanitation problems in the town.
(b) A young orphan died from starvation.
(c) A woman was raped by a policeman.
(d) Women were forced to pay exorbitant taxes on goods.

3. In Chapter 9, how does Broda Pupa get a snake out of a tree?
(a) He runs a car into the tree.
(b) He charms the snake with a flute.
(c) He shakes the tree.
(d) He flings rocks at it until it drops down.

4. What is tinko?
(a) Lean meat fried to a hard crisp.
(b) Pennies for church tithe.
(c) A small truck used to transport villagers.
(d) Tinsel wrapping for gifts.

5. How is Beere received when she returns from England?
(a) The return happens without incident.
(b) She is given an award from the local governor.
(c) She is reviled, and fruit is thrown at her.
(d) She is given a hero's welcome.

Short Answer Questions

1. What possibility drives Wole into a depression in Chapter 11?

2. Why does Beere travel to England in Chapter 13?

3. What is Daodu's other name?

4. What does Wole refuse to do in Odemo's palace that causes much commotion?

5. What does Father warn Wole about in Chapter 9 about grammar school?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the general dynamic between Wole, Essay, and Wild Christian? What is the nature of their relationship?

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

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

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

6. How does Daodu run his school?

7. Describe the events leading up to the women's group decision to march on the Alake.

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

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

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

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