1. Okonkwo is sitting in his obi with Ikemefuna and Nwoye, eating dried locusts when Ogbuefi Ezeudu comes with a message. What is the message?
(a) Nwoye and Ikemefuna are to be declared by Umuofia as brothers for life.
(b) Ikemefuna is to be given all the rights of an adopted son to Okonkwo.
(c) Umuofia decides to kill Ikemefuna. The Oracle of the Hills pronounces it. Okonkwo is not to take part in the killing because the boy calls him father.
(d) Ikemefuna is to remain in Okonkwo's household as a servant for the rest of his life.

2. What hopes does Okonkwo have for his son, Nwoye's , future?
(a) He wants Nwoye to be prosperous, that he will have enough to feed the ancestors with regular sacrifices, and he will be able to rule his women and children.
(b) He hopes Nwoye would be a fair, just, and wise father and husband, showing kindness and love to his family.
(c) He wants Nwoye to be a great warrior with many heroic victories to his name.
(d) He wants Nwoye to be a talented musician, performing at all the festivals in the nine villages.

3. What is the first trial's dispute set before Evil Forest and the egwugwu?
(a) The case of a mother beating her child to death.
(b) The case of Mgbafo running away from her husband, Uzowulu, because he beat her and caused her to miscarry. Mgbafo's relatives refuse to give him back the bride-price because he beats her.
(c) The case of a man being murdered and left by the side of the road by his brother.
(d) The case of one man stealing yams from the barn of another.

4. Why do all the women abandon preparing the food for the uri and rush off to the Obierika's crop field?
(a) A neighbor's child went to the field and started picking the crops.
(b) There is a cow loose in the field eating the crops and the women have to catch it.
(c) The locusts landed on the crops and have to be brushed off the leaves.
(d) A fire broke out in the field and the women have to stomp it out.

5. What is the emergency that the great orator announces at the meeting in the marketplace?
(a) The powerful medicine woman of Umuofia dies during the night.
(b) The warriors of Mbaino raid one of the villages of Umuofia.
(c) The yam harvest of one of the village celebrities is stolen from his barn.
(d) The wife of Ogbuefi Udo is murdered in Mbaino when she goes to market.

Short Answer Questions

1. Okonkwo is very prosperous, owning a large compound with many huts, and an abundance of food. Ikemefuna is given to Okonkwo to live with him until the clan decides Ikemefuna's fate. How does Ikemefuna react to living with Okonkwo?

2. What is Okonkwo's popular nickname?

3. Why is the big, ancient silk-cotton tree in the playground considered sacred?

4. Which men fight in the final wrestling match of the day?

5. Okonkwo of Umuofia is the emissary of war to Mbaino. What does Mbaino give him as an offering for the murder of the woman from Umuofia?

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