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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. Why does Wole receive lashings in Chapter 12?
(a) For not properly cleaning the blackboards.
(b) For stabbing a student with a pencil.
(c) For stealing school supplies.
(d) For sloppy grass-cutting.

2. How does Wole react to the rite of manhood he endures in Chapter 9?
(a) Wole nearly dies, and is rushed to the hospital.
(b) Wole laughs during the process, and Father thinks he is going mad.
(c) It is so painful, Wole sometimes feels as if he is in a dream.
(d) Wole endures the pain easily, and is congratulated by Father.

3. What is akara?
(a) Fried bean cake.
(b) A spirit of the forest.
(c) A salve used to treat bee stings.
(d) A process of application to become a holy man.

4. What complaint does Wole make at the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) The military is taking over the country.
(b) Politicians are thoroughly corrupt.
(c) The smells of the wonderful dishes of his youth are no more.
(d) Wole never got his chance to become an engineer.

5. What is the name of the market Wole travels through on the way to choir practice?
(a) Egungun.
(b) Kasada.
(c) Ogiri.
(d) Ibarapa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the white district officer say to Beere to anger her and start mob violence?

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

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

4. What is the "last straw" in Sorowanke's fight with local peddlers?

5. What best characterizes Wee-Wee's handling of the grammar school?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What expectation does Wole have in Chapter 9 for Isara? What is the reality of Isara?

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