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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who or what is emi esu?

2. What name does Mrs. Odufuwa give Wole?

3. How does Wole get his first look at the world outside the parsonage's walls in Chapter 3?

4. What causes Wole to experience a bad eye accident in Chapter 2?

5. Which is NOT one of the things Wole sees during his first walking tour of Ake in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is "You-Mean-Mayself"? How did he acquire that nickname?

2. What is the origin of the Jonah rock?

3. Why, at the end of Chapter 8, is Wole's younger brother Dipo renamed Femi?

4. Describe the legend that Wole recounts in which Wild Christian and Uncle Sanya get in trouble with a ghommid.

5. What bad habit does Wole admit to in Chapter 4, and how is he cured of it?

6. Describe the incident in which Wole is hurt by a scythe at the end of Chapter 2.

7. How does Wole describe the difference in odors between Essay's room and Wild Christian's room?

8. Describe the episode in which a teacher commits a sin against Essay's rose bush in Chapter 5.

9. Describe the death of Wole's baby sister in Chapter 7. How does Wole react to the death?

10. What method of child punishment does Wole describe in Chapter 6?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Wole's family structure. Is it tight-knit and nuclear, or more loose-knit and extended? How is Wole influenced by his father? His mother? Where is the line drawn between family and stranger?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the religious beliefs Wole grew up around. How much was borrowed from tribal beliefs, and how much from Christianity? Cite three examples of religious beliefs in the text, and explain them in the context of the overall mix of beliefs in Egbaland.

Essay Topic 3

Mr. B, "You-Mean-Mayself," and Uncle Dipo are three visitors to Wole's household. Using these three men as an example, what does Wole make of visitors? How does he regard them? Are they opportunities for strangeness and humor, or do they represent something more?

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