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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What type of clan members join the white man's religion?
(a) The warriors of the clan, hoping the religion would keep them safe
(b) The elders of the clan and their families
(c) Men with no titles, efulefu, worthless and empty men
(d) The women and children of the clan

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

4. Where does Okonkwo bring his family after being banished from his village?
(a) To live in a cave in the hills
(b) To wander the forests and live off the land
(c) To an enemy village asking to be accepted
(d) To his mother's kinsmen in Mbanta

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

6. How does Ekwefi and Ezinma harvest the cassava for the feast?
(a) They pick the cassava off the tops of the trees.
(b) They cut the cassava off the trees with machetes.
(c) The shake the tree, and the cassava fall to the ground.
(d) They shake every tree with a long stick, bend down to cut the stem, and dig out the tuber.

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

8. Who is the white missionary that makes friends with great men of the clan and is presented with a carved elephant tusk?
(a) Mr. Brown
(b) Mr. Penn
(c) Mr. Kiaga
(d) Mr. Smith

9. What happens to the Christian women who go to the stream for water to wash the church with?
(a) They are given water but are told it is the last time.
(b) They are chased away from the stream and whipped.
(c) They are allowed to get water, but can not speak to anyone.
(d) They are captured and brought to the Oracle of the Hills and the Caves.

10. Why does Obierika go to visit Okonkwo a second time, two years after the first?
(a) To find out if all is well with Okonkwo and his family.
(b) To find out why Okonkwo's son, Nwoye, joined the white missionaries.
(c) He misses his good friend, Okonkwo, and thinks he should tell him that missionaries had come.
(d) To bring more cowries and some yam seeds to his friend, Okonkwo

11. What is Okonkwo afraid will happen to his male children after he dies?
(a) They will follow in Nwoye's footsteps and abandon the gods of their ancestors.
(b) They will never go back to their homeland again.
(c) They will forget the lessons Okonkwo taught them.
(d) They will be killed by neighboring enemies.

12. What does Uchendu, the younger brother of Okonkwo's mother, give to Okonkwo after he comes looking for refuge?
(a) Advice on living in the forest
(b) A plot of ground, and two or three pieces of land
(c) A basket of yams and palm-wine for his travels
(d) A gun to protect him and his family during their exile

13. Who is captivated by the message of the missionaries?
(a) Obierika
(b) Nwoye
(c) Ezinma
(d) Okonkwo

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

15. What does the oldest member of the clan say is the reason for gathering for Okonkwo's feast?
(a) To show off the wealth of food
(b) Because it is good for kinsman to do so
(c) To save kinsman from starving
(d) To gather under the moonlight

Short Answer Questions

1. What option does Ajofia, the leading egwugwu, give to Mr. Smith when they come to the church?

2. What does Okika suggest they do that their fathers had never done before?

3. What does Okonkwo serve at the feast for all the umunna, the descendants of Okolo?

4. What is Okonkwo's popular nickname?

5. What is Okonkwo's punishment for killing Ezeudu's son?

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