1. Ekwefi awakes Okonkwo early in the morning pounding on his door. What is she anxious to tell him?
(a) All the men of the village are to meet in the marketplace immediately.
(b) The yam fields are on fire.
(c) Their daughter, Ezinma is sick and dying.
(d) Nwoye's mother is sick and calling for him.

2. Under what circumstances will the people of Umuofia consult Agbala, the Oracle of the Hills and the Caves?
(a) To find out if their wives are being faithful.
(b) To ask for wealth, prosperity, and many newborn sons.
(c) When they are followed by misfortune, when they have a dispute with their neighbors, to see their futures, and to talk to the spirits.
(d) To ask for a cure for a fatal disease.

3. How does Ekwefi make the medicine she hopes would cure Ezinma?
(a) She puts a pot on the fire, adding medicinal plants, grasses, leaves, roots and barks. She brought them to a boil being careful that it didn't boil over and lose its power.
(b) She boiled a hen, added yams and nuts to make a medicinal broth for Ezinma to drink.
(c) She mixes palm-wine and red clay into a medicinal mud and rubs it on Ezinma's face and chest.
(d) She grounds kola nuts and bananas together, forming a paste to put on Ezinma's tongue.

4. What is the only way a young man can build a barn of his own if his father has no yams?
(a) Saving his money to buy seeds.
(b) Going to his mother and his father's wives for help.
(c) Share-cropping.
(d) Planting coco-yams.

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