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) The gathering of all the village musicians for singing and dancing.
(b) A gathering in the marketplace for the preparation of the new yams for planting.
(c) The great wrestling match between Okonkwo's village and their neighbors.
(d) A play enacting the planting of yams put on by the children of all the villages in Umuofia.

2. Why is Okonkwo considered one of the greatest men of his time?
(a) He is a sympathetic, loving father and husband.
(b) He has patience for all men, even unsuccessful ones.
(c) He is the greatest flute player in the village.
(d) He is a wealthy farmer, the greatest wrestler, has a barn full of yams, and has three wives.

3. What is the custom in the village of Obodoani if a man dies during the Week of Peace?
(a) The man is burned to ashes, instead of buried.
(b) The man is buried as deep as two graves.
(c) The man is not buried, but cast into the Evil Forest.
(d) The man is buried outside the village.

4. Ezinma tells her mother, Ekwefi, that her upper eyelid is twitching. What does Ekwefi tell Ezinma the significance of the twitch is?
(a) It means Ezinma will have many children.
(b) It means Ezinma is going to cry.
(c) It means Ezinma will see something.
(d) It means the rains will come early this year.

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