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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Smith tell the people about ogbanje, the evil children who are born over and over again to plague their mothers?
(a) That the stories are okay to believe in.
(b) That the stories are spread by the Devil to lead men astray.
(c) That the stories resemble the Christian beliefs.
(d) That the stories are most likely true.

2. What is the other thing that the white man brought to Umuofia besides religion?
(a) Disease
(b) Sheep
(c) Wives for the clan
(d) Government

3. What happens in Umuofia the next time Obierika comes to visit Okonkwo, two years later?
(a) The entire village coverts to the white man's religion.
(b) The missionaries come, building a church and send evangalists to other towns and villages.
(c) The white men wipe out another clan of Umuofia.
(d) More white men come, and the clan kills them.

4. What does Okika suggest they do that their fathers had never done before?
(a) Accept their fate, taking on the white man's ways.
(b) Give up their own religious beliefs and accept Christianity.
(c) Fight against their own brothers who have taken the side of the white man.
(d) Allow their children to attend the white man's school.

5. What does Obierika bring for Okonkwo two years after Okonkwo had been exiled?
(a) Kola nuts and palm-wine
(b) Woven baskets of yams
(c) Yam seeds
(d) Bags full of cowries

6. What does Nwoye do after his father, Okonkwo, beats him for being with the missionaries?
(a) He screams for his mother's help.
(b) He swears that he will never go near the missionary church again.
(c) He leaves his family to go the the Christian school in Umuofia.
(d) He begs his father to stop beating him.

7. What does Okonkwo feel the greatest obstacle to going to war against the white man is?
(a) The cowardice of Egonwanne
(b) His own cowardice
(c) The fear of the clan
(d) The clan is not prepared for war

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

9. Why do the people say "Mother is Supreme" when the man is the head of the family and his wives and children are obedient to him?
(a) They are referring to Mother Earth and how she is fertile for the yams.
(b) They are referring to the mother of all gods, guiding them to rule the world.
(c) They believe in the very first mother of all men, giving life to all the men who came after.
(d) When a man is sorrowful and bitter, he seeks refuge in his motherland because his mother is there to protect him. It is where she is buried.

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

11. What is the nickname of kotma, the court messengers who guard the prison which holds people who break the white man's law?
(a) Slime of the earth
(b) Ashy-buttocks
(c) Dead locusts
(d) Betrayers of the people

12. Why does Uchendu say, "Never kill a man who says nothing" when Obierika tells them about the white man the Abame killed?
(a) He may not be able to speak your language.
(b) Because he did not defended himself and may be innocent.
(c) The white man did not said anything to the Abame and according to Uchendu, silence is ominous.
(d) He may hold secrets you need to learn.

13. Who touches off the conflict between church and clan in Umuofia that has been building since Mr. Brown left?
(a) Mr. Smith
(b) Okonkwo
(c) Enoch
(d) Nwoye

14. How are the six leaders of Umuofia treated while in captivity?
(a) Their heads are shaved. They are given nothing to eat or drink for three days, and are not allowed to go out and relieve themselves.
(b) They are given anything they asked for.
(c) They are treated with kindness and respect.
(d) They are whipped every day.

15. How is Okonkwo going to thank his mother's people for helping him during his seven years in exile?
(a) He is going to give the elders a bag of cowries.
(b) He is going to leave behind one of his wives to work for the rulers and elders.
(c) He is going to distribute all his yam seeds to the people.
(d) He is going to have a great feast.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Obierika tell Okonkwo that it is too late to fight the white man and drive him from the land?

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

3. What does Enoch do that is one of the greatest crimes a man can commit during the annual ceremony?

4. What does the District Commissioner do three days after the destruction of the church?

5. What does the angry band of egwugwu do to Enoch's compound and the Christian church as revenge for unmasking one of the ancestral spirits?

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