2. What does Okonkwo hope his sons will be initiated into when his family returns from exile?
(a) Ozo society
(b) The Nidichi
(c) The Sacred Python society
(d) Sacred Yam Seed society

3. What is the one passion that rules Okonkwo's life?
(a) To be affluent in money, wives, and children.
(b) To make sure his barn was always filled with yams.
(c) To obtain more wealth than anyone else in Umuofia.
(d) To hate everything his father loved.

4. Why can Ezeudu, the oldest man in his village, only be buried at night?
(a) The oldest man of the village is always buried after dark.
(b) He is a noble warrior with three titles to his name. A man who took titles can only be buried after dark.
(c) It is believed being buried at night will bring the dead man closer to his ancestors.
(d) The spirits announce that he has to be buried at night.

5. Okonkwo of Umuofia is the emissary of war to Mbaino. What does Mbaino give him as an offering for the murder of the woman from Umuofia?
(a) A large monetary payment for the people of Umofia.
(b) The wife of the murderer.
(c) One of Mbaino's most powerful warriors.
(d) A fifteen-year-old boy named Ikemefuna and a young virgin to replace the murdered woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is called the Crystal of Beauty in Mbanta, growing into a healthy, buoyant young woman?

2. What is the significance of the beating of drums in the village playground, the ilo, where all the great ceremonies and dances of the village take place?

3. What does Okonkwo send to Obierika as he enters his final year of exile?

4. Okonkwo is sitting in his obi with Ikemefuna and Nwoye, eating dried locusts when Ogbuefi Ezeudu comes with a message. What is the message?

5. What does the law state in Umuofia if a woman runs away from her husband?

(see the answer key)

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