1. Why does Unkona's neighbor, Okoye, visit him?
(a) To collect a two-year-old debt of two hundred cowries.
(b) To talk about music.
(c) To share kola nuts with Unkona.
(d) To pray with Unkona for life, health, and protection from enemies.

2. Why does Okoye need to collect a past debt from Unkona?
(a) To help pay for the expensive Idemili title ceremony.
(b) To buy a new ogene, the musical instrument Okoye played.
(c) To buy yams for his three wives.
(d) Okoye needs money to help him overcome his failures.

3. How do the women of the clan prepare for the Feast of the New Yam?
(a) They cleanse their bodies, wear a simple robe and sandles, and scrub their faces. They are to go to the festival free of all paint, jewelry, or ornamentation of any kind.
(b) They scrub the walls and huts with red earth, draw patterns on them in white, yellow and green, paint themselves with cam wood, and draw black patterns on their stomach and backs.
(c) They decorate robes with intricate patterns made of colored beans, plaite each others hair, color their faces with red clay, and make veils to cover their faces during the festival.
(d) They gather in the marketplace to share all their clothing, jewelry and sandals with one another. They wear each others belongings to prove to the goddess, Ani, that they are worthy people.

4. What do the people of Umuofia fear in the night?
(a) Kidnappers looking for children to sell as slaves.
(b) Evil spirits, dangerous animals, and snakes.
(c) Bandits in search of money and food.
(d) Rogue warriors from Mbaino.

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