1. Where does Obierika get the bags of cowries that he brings to Okonkwo?
(a) He collects the money from the clan members who favor Okonkwo.
(b) He sells Okonkwo's yams and seed yams.
(c) He gives Okonkwo some of the cowries he saved through the years.
(d) He sells Okonkwo's compound and brings him the money.

2. Every man learns the language of the ekwe. How does the wooden instrument let the people know exactly who has died?
(a) It spells out the letters in the name.
(b) It only announces the name of the village.
(c) It announces the name of the man over and over again.
(d) First it announces the name of the clan, then it names the village, and finally it names the man.

3. What drives Okonkwo into a rage on the first day of the festival, leading him to beat his second wife, Ekwefi, and almost kill her with a gun?
(a) Okonkwo is angry because his second wife has not scrubbed the walls of her hut with red earth, and has neglected the rituals of the people.
(b) He believes his wife killed a banana tree in the compound, even though it is still alive. She also comments on his inability to shoot well.
(c) She burns the vegetable soup she is preparing for the festival.
(d) Okonkwo finds that his second wife has not prepared her children in the traditional fashion of the clan for the festival.

4. What do the rulers and elders of Mbanta decide to do about the Christians after one of the converts kills the Sacred Python?
(a) Develop a plan to kill all the Christians
(b) Ostracize the Christians
(c) Bring the head of Mr. Kiaga back to the village marketplace
(d) Drive the Christians out of the village

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