1. Why is Umuofia feared by all its neighbors?
(a) Umuofia goes to war whether the case is clear and just or not.
(b) It is powerful in war and magic and has a strong war medicine called agadi-nwayi.
(c) The medicine woman curses all its enemies.
(d) It never tries to find a peaceful settlement before going to war.

2. 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 great wrestling match between Okonkwo's village and their neighbors.
(b) A gathering in the marketplace for the preparation of the new yams for planting.
(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.

3. During the rainy season, how do the people of the village pass the time?
(a) They spend many hours praying to the gods for a bountiful harvest.
(b) They prepare yam seeds for next year's fields.
(c) In each hut, children sit by their mother's cooking fire and tell stories, or sit with their father, roasting and eating maize.
(d) They spent time in the hut, listening to flute music, weaving baskets, and sleeping.

4. Ezinma offers to bring Okonkwo's chair to the wrestling match for him. Why did he refuse his daughter's offer?
(a) He will be busy with preparing the wrestlers for the match and wouldn't need the chair.
(b) Men prefer to stand during the wrestling match.
(c) Only grown women carry their husband's chairs.
(d) Carrying the chair is a boy's job.

5. Why does Okonkwo beat his second wife, Ojiugo, during the sacred Week of Peace?
(a) She is caught with another man.
(b) She disagrees with what Okonkwo has to say.
(c) She is at a friend's house and does not prepare Okonkwo's afternoon meal.
(d) She cooks a meal that Okonkwo does not like.