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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) They burn them to the ground.
(b) They murder all Enoch's family and the Christians in the church.
(c) They leave the buildings alone and try to find Enoch.
(d) They rub red clay and palm oil all over the buildings.

2. Why does Obierika tell Okonkwo that it is too late to fight the white man and drive him from the land?
(a) The white men have powerful spirits who protected them.
(b) Because their own men and sons have joined the white man's religion and government.
(c) There are too many white men.
(d) The white men are more courageous than the men of Umuofia.

3. Why do the men of Umuofia meet in the marketplace after the village crier beats the message on the ogene?
(a) They decide to collect the fine immediately to release their six leaders.
(b) They decide to offer half of the required fine to release the six leaders.
(c) They decide against collecting any cowries to release the six leaders.
(d) They decide to negotiate with the District Commissioner.

4. What happens to the six leaders of Umuofia once the fine is paid to the District Commissioner?
(a) They are hanged anyway.
(b) They are imprisoned for life.
(c) They are set free.
(d) They are mutilated and set free.

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

6. How many missionaries go to Mbanta?
(a) Three black missionaries
(b) Three white missionaries
(c) Two white missionaries
(d) Six and one of them is white

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

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

9. What is the name of the first woman to join the Christian missionaries?
(a) Ekwefi
(b) Nwoye's mother
(c) Nneka
(d) Ezinma

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

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

12. What event occurs that convinces the clan that the gods can fight their own battles?
(a) Okoli, the convert who is thought to have killed the Sacred Python, dies from illness.
(b) All the food at the church becmes infested with maggots.
(c) All of the converts come down with a painful rash.
(d) Mr. Kiaga becomes ill and is not able to get up for over a week.

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

14. What does Okonkwo mourn when he returns to his clan?
(a) The clan is breaking up and falling apart.
(b) The clan is poor.
(c) The clan is too aggressive and angry.
(d) The clan is malnourished and weak.

15. What is Nwoye's name changed to after he joins the Christians?
(a) James
(b) Isaac
(c) Thomas
(d) Luke

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first thing Okonkwo plans to do when he returns to his clan?

2. How are the six leaders of Umuofia treated while in captivity?

3. What is the tragedy that takes place during the final burial rites for Ezeudu while the cannon is shot and guns fired?

4. What happens in Umuofia the next time Obierika comes to visit Okonkwo, two years later?

5. What does Nwoye do after his father, Okonkwo, beats him for being with the missionaries?

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