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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 type of clan members join the white man's religion?
(a) Men with no titles, efulefu, worthless and empty men
(b) The warriors of the clan, hoping the religion would keep them safe
(c) The elders of the clan and their families
(d) The women and children of the clan

2. What is Okonkwo afraid will happen to his male children after he dies?
(a) They will forget the lessons Okonkwo taught them.
(b) They will follow in Nwoye's footsteps and abandon the gods of their ancestors.
(c) They will never go back to their homeland again.
(d) They will be killed by neighboring enemies.

3. What is the name of the first woman to join the Christian missionaries?
(a) Ezinma
(b) Nwoye's mother
(c) Ekwefi
(d) Nneka

4. What is the tragedy that takes place during the final burial rites for Ezeudu while the cannon is shot and guns fired?
(a) Ezeudu's wife stabs herself.
(b) Another elder of the clan dies in all the excitement.
(c) Ezeudu's sixteen-year-old son is killed when Okonkwo's gun explodes.
(d) Ezeudu's sixteen-year-old son is shot in the arm.

5. What does Enoch do that is one of the greatest crimes a man can commit during the annual ceremony?
(a) He defies his chi.
(b) He beats the wife of another man.
(c) He becomes an efulefu.
(d) He unmasks an egwugwu in public, killing an ancestral spirit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Okonkwo serve at the feast for all the umunna, the descendants of Okolo?

2. Who is called the Crystal of Beauty in Mbanta, growing into a healthy, buoyant young woman?

3. What is an osu?

4. What is the final ceremony, Amikwu, Uchendu's youngest son, has to perform before getting married?

5. What does Mr. Brown build in Umuofia?

Short Essay Questions

1. Do you think the white man causes the village of Umuofia to fall apart, as Obierika thinks? Explain.

2. What is the importance of the ekwe to the people of Umuofia?

3. Do you agree that Mr. Kiaga's choice of allowing the outcasts, osu, to join the other converts in the church is in the best interest of his congregation? Explain.

4. Okonkwo's friend, Obierika pays a visit to Okonkwo after two years of exile. He brings new of the annihilation of the Abame clan. Do you believe the white man is justified in their attack of the Abame clan? Explain.

5. The District Commissioner outsmarts the six leaders of Umuofia, including Okonkwo and arrests them, abuses them, and humiliates them. What affect does his have on the spirit of the clan?

6. Describe the plan the leaders of Mbanta make when the missionary comes to them asking for a plot of land to build a church.

7. How do the words of the missionaries impact Okonkwo's son, Nwoye?

8. Uchendu gives a speech to the guests at Okonkwo's farewell feast, saying that it is good for kinsmen to come together. What did he fear for the young people of the clan?

9. What is Okonkwo's final act as a warrior for his village of Umuofia? Did it reverse the falling apart of his village in any way?

10. Compare the personalities of Mr. Brown and Reverend Smith. Which man do you think was better for the people of Umuofia?

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