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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. How do the people from the great rivers travel to the market?

2. What do Akueke's potential suitors buy for her brothers in a quest for her hand?

3. How do most of the people pronounce congrats?

4. What word does the author state that Chike particularly liked?

5. What is the name of Chike's father?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Nwibe's two wives argue about in this section?

2. How does Chike anger his friend's mother?

3. Describe Akueke's family life?

4. How do the village initially react to Nnaemeka's marriage?

5. How does Nwibe embarrass himself in this section?

6. What do Chike's parents raise him to believe?

7. Why do Akueke's brothers want to kill her?

8. Why did Marcus Ibe become a politician?

9. How does Rufus react when Ibe asks him to vote first?

10. Why does Nnaemeka's father think Ugoye is the perfect match for his son?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 2

Compare African and western culture.

1. What are the differences between the two cultures?

2. In what way have the two cultures influenced each other?

Essay Topic 3

Why has Achebe chosen to tell the story from Mike's point of view? How would the story change if it was told from the Cletus's point of view?

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