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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the elders fear for the young people of the village?
(a) They are poor farmers.
(b) They follow the old ways instead of the new religion.
(c) They are unwilling to hunt.
(d) They do not understand the bond of kinship.

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

3. What does the District Commissioner do three days after the destruction of the church?
(a) He speaks to Mr. Smith and calls a meeting with the six leaders of Umuofia.
(b) He exiles the six leaders of Umuofia.
(c) He forgives the six leaders of Umuofia and tells them to go on their way.
(d) He has the six leaders of Umuofia killed.

4. What question does Njide, the eldest sister of Uchendu, ask of her brother's bride during the isa-ife?
(a) How many men have you lain with since my brother first expressed the desire to marry you?
(b) How many children do you plan to bear in my brother's name?
(c) How do you plan to keep a tranquil household for my brother?
(d) Do you plan on being faithful and obedient to my brother?

5. 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 most likely true.
(b) That the stories resemble the Christian beliefs.
(c) That the stories are okay to believe in.
(d) That the stories are spread by the Devil to lead men astray.

6. What do the people of Mbanta expect to happen to the missionaries when they start building their church?
(a) They expect all the people of Mbanta to help build the church.
(b) They think many of the clan will convert to the new religion.
(c) They expect all the missionaries to get sick.
(d) They expect all the missionaries to die within four days.

7. 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 white men wipe out another clan of Umuofia.
(c) More white men come, and the clan kills them.
(d) The missionaries come, building a church and send evangalists to other towns and villages.

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

9. Who says that the Abame were fools and had been warned of danger, and that they should have brought guns and machetes with them to the market?
(a) Uchendu
(b) Obierika
(c) Okonkwo
(d) Nwoye

10. What is an osu?
(a) One of the elders, given a hut in the center of the village
(b) A very brave and accomplished hunter
(c) A holy man, revered by the people
(d) A person dedicated to a god, set apart and taboo forever

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

12. What does Okonkwo serve at the feast for all the umunna, the descendants of Okolo?
(a) Yams wrapped in palm leaves and roasted with palm oil
(b) Three goats, fowls, foo-foo, yam pottage, egusi soup, bitter-leaf soup, palm-wine and kola nuts
(c) Fish from the stream, and roasted locusts
(d) Roasted locusts and small wild birds

13. What is the first thing Mr. Kiaga orders the outcasts to do if they want to remain in the new religion?
(a) Kneel before the cross and pray to be accepted
(b) Go to the village and proclaim their faith
(c) Shave off their long tangled hair
(d) Return to their special area of the village and never return

14. What does the ekwe, a hollowed out wooden instrument and the blast of the cannon signify to the nine villages of Umuofia?
(a) The beginning of a festival
(b) The death of a man
(c) The birth of a child
(d) The beginning of war

15. What happens to the six leaders of Umuofia during their meeting with the District Commissioner?
(a) The Commissioner and leaders agree to peace.
(b) They are put in handcuffs, and led to the guardroom.
(c) They share a feast with the District Commissioner.
(d) They are treated with kindness and respect.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Okonkwo bring his family after being banished from his village?

2. What does Okonkwo vow to do after being released from the white man's prison?

3. What happens to the six leaders of Umuofia once the fine is paid to the District Commissioner?

4. What is the name of the man that the ekwe announces to Umuofia?

5. Who is the missionary that replaces Mr. Brown in Umuofia?

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