1. The first day of the new year is celebrated with feasting and fellowship. What takes place on the second day of the new year?
(a) A gathering in the marketplace for the preparation of the new yams for planting.
(b) The great wrestling match between Okonkwo's village and their neighbors.
(c) A play enacting the planting of yams put on by the children of all the villages in Umuofia.
(d) The gathering of all the village musicians for singing and dancing.

2. 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?
(a) A fifteen-year-old boy named Ikemefuna and a young virgin to replace the murdered woman.
(b) The wife of the murderer.
(c) One of Mbaino's most powerful warriors.
(d) A large monetary payment for the people of Umofia.

3. When Okonkwo was a boy, his father, Unoka, consults Agbala, the Oracle of the Hills, about why his crops always fail.. What reply did the Oracle give?
(a) That he angers his ancestors and they plague his land.
(b) That he should stay home and offer sacrifices to the gods.
(c) That Unoka sows his yams on exhausted land rather than making the effort to clear new land.
(d) That Unoka has offended the gods and that is why his crop fail.

4. Why is the big, ancient silk-cotton tree in the playground considered sacred?
(a) The tree holds the spirits of all the ancestors of the clan.
(b) The tree holds all the spirits of the men who died in wars since the beginning of time.
(c) The spirits of good children waiting to be born live in the tree.
(d) The tree is believed to have been the first tree in existence.

5. How does Okonkwo react to the disastrous growing season that destroy all his yams and the yams of his people?
(a) He feels he can survive anything, since he has survived this disastrous year.
(b) His heart is broken from the loss of his crop, leaving him depressed and suicidal.
(c) He gives up being a farmer, and begins looking for a new trade.
(d) He cries and sinks into despair.