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

2. 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 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 holds the spirits of all the ancestors of the clan.

3. After speaking with the elders of nine villages, what does Okonkwo tell Ikemefuna about what is going to happen to him?
(a) That he is being killed.
(b) That he is being exiled.
(c) That he is going home.
(d) That he is free to go.

4. Who is the priestess of Agbala, the Oracle of the Hills and the Caves, in real life?
(a) Ekwefi, the second wife of Okonkwo
(b) Anasi, Okonkwo's first wife
(c) Chielo, a widow with two children
(d) Noywe's mother

5. Who is the powerful orator that informs the ten thousand men of the emergency facing the nine villages of Umuofia?
(a) Ogbuefi Udo
(b) Nwoye
(c) Okoye
(d) Ogbuefi Ezeugo

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the boy who wins the wrestling match in the fifteen- to sixteen-year-old age group with a lightning fast move that was never seen before?

2. Who is the first man Okonkwo works for as a share-cropper ?

3. What is the shameful death Unoka endures?

4. Nwoye's mother calls Ezinma "Ezigbo" when she brings the fire to Nwoye's mother's hut. What does "Ezigbo" mean?

5. As the drums sound and the flutes blast, what appears out of the egwugwu house?

(see the answer key)

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