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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. What best describes Daodu?

2. What positive omen takes place during the protest at the end of Chapter 14?

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

4. What town is Essay from, originally?

5. What is akara?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Daodu run his school?

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

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

4. What sage advice does Broda Pupa give Wole in Chapter 9? How is Wole later able to use that advice to his advantage?

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

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

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

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

9. Describe the "rite of manhood" Wole endures at the end of Chapter 9.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How might the Wole of today reflect on the spiritual beliefs of the older generation, which might be considered quaint or primitive? How might the waning of traditional spiritual beliefs have affected his culture? What was valuable about traditional spiritual beliefs?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Racism is a somewhat common theme in the text, especially the friction between white colonialists and the native Africans. How much of the racist sentiments and beliefs expressed in the text are justified, and how much are characterized as excessive or ridiculous? What might Wole himself say about the presence of racism, and its effect on his life?

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