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

2. What is the name of Wole's grammar school?
(a) Ake Femi.
(b) Daodu International.
(c) Odemo.
(d) Abeokuta.

3. What issue is NOT discussed at Wild Christian's women's group?
(a) The drought.
(b) Civil service.
(c) Infant mortality.
(d) Sanitation.

4. In Chapter 14, what unites the unions being created across Africa?
(a) A central leadership group called the African Committee.
(b) A call for higher education standards.
(c) A call for the end to the white man's rule.
(d) All the unions are created and run by women.

5. What is ogiri?
(a) A type of cheese product.
(b) Street orphans.
(c) A swear word.
(d) Coconut cake.

Short Answer Questions

1. What rite of manhood does Wole endure at the end of Chapter 9?

2. What friend does Wole make in the church choir?

3. What form does the ghommid take when it chases Uncle Sanya in Chapter 1?

4. What is the occupation of Broda Pupa?

5. How does the women's protest end?

Short Essay Questions

1. What words of caution does Father have for Wole in Chapter 9, in regards to secondary education?

2. What is Wole's first experience with Daodu? What is the outcome?

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

4. What are two examples of racist views that are brought to light in Chapter 15 by members of Wole's community?

5. How does Daodu run his school?

6. At the beginning of Chapter 9, what apparent blasphemy does Wole commit in Odemo's palace?

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

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

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

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

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