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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 5, for how many days does Mwita go to school and then decides he knows more than the teachers?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

2. In Chapter 15, how many hours does Onyesonwu search for a book in the House of Osugbo before she gives up and leaves?
(a) 2 1/2
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

3. In Chapter 4, how long had the Eleventh Rite been held on the first day of the rainy season?
(a) 2,000 years.
(b) 500 years.
(c) 1,500 years.
(d) 100 years.

4. In Chapter 17, what does Najeeba have Onyesonwu wear after Papa's funeral?
(a) Red rapa.
(b) White rapa.
(c) Blue rapa.
(d) Green rapa.

5. How did Mwita and other captive children had to kill a boy who tried to escape their captors?
(a) Beat him to death.
(b) Hang him.
(c) Stab him to death.
(d) Kick him to death.

6. Who stops Onyesonwu from frightening the people in the market in Chapter 24?
(a) Ana.`
(b) Aro.
(c) Nana the Wise.
(d) Mwiti.

7. At the end of Chapter 9, where does Onyesonwu have bruises when she wakes from a dream?
(a) Face.
(b) Neck.
(c) Arms.
(d) Back.

8. In Chapter 11, with whom did Aro deal with a disagreement and then was asked to become a member of the Osugbo Elders?
(a) Two traders.
(b) Two sisters.
(c) Two merchants.
(d) Two brothers.

9. How old is Oneyesonwu when her life falls apart?
(a) 8.
(b) 16.
(c) 13.
(d) 11.

10. When Ji runs Papa's shop, how much of the profits is he to give to Najeeba?
(a) 50%.
(b) 20%.
(c) 80%.
(d) 60%.

11. What type of weapons did Mwita's captors have when he was in the desert after his family was killed?
(a) Spears, blowguns, and hand axes.
(b) Machetes, bows and arrows, and guns.
(c) Boomerangs, bola, and spears.
(d) Bows and arrows and hand axes.

12. In Chapter 24, what does Onyesonwu show the people in the marketplace?
(a) A village plundered.
(b) Fighting between Nuru and Okeke.
(c) The war 100 miles away.
(d) Her mother's rape.

13. How old would Ada's twins be in Chapter 13?
(a) 45.
(b) 20s.
(c) 30s.
(d) 35.

14. Of the children Aro has taught before Onyesonwu, how many have passed the initiation to be able to learn the Great Mystic Points?
(a) None.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

15. How old was Mwita when he became the apprentice of a sorcerer named Daib?
(a) 6.
(b) 9.
(c) 7.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mwita sings in Chapter 6, how many butterflies does his song bring?

2. What color does Mwita wear that Onyesonwu will not because of her skin color?

3. In Chapter 8, how old are the boys Onyesonwu hears talking about Aro?

4. How long did it take Onyesonwu to learn to sustain being ignorable for 10 minutes?

5. How many years of counseling are Binta, her parents, and her siblings ordered to get in Chapter 5?

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