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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Enoch do that is one of the greatest crimes a man can commit during the annual ceremony?
(a) He unmasks an egwugwu in public, killing an ancestral spirit.
(b) He beats the wife of another man.
(c) He defies his chi.
(d) He becomes an efulefu.

2. What does Okonkwo vow to do after being released from the white man's prison?
(a) He vows to move away from Umuofia.
(b) He swears vengeance.
(c) He vows never to be a source of trouble again.
(d) He vows to convert to Christianity.

3. When the village meeting is called after the six leaders are released from the white man's prison, what does Okika say the clan should do?
(a) Root out the evil of the white man
(b) Become Christians
(c) All come to peace with the white man
(d) Move and build a village elsewhere

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

5. What is the name of the man that the ekwe announces to Umuofia?
(a) Ezeudu
(b) Maduka
(c) Uzowulu
(d) Obierika

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

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

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

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

10. What is the final ceremony, Amikwu, Uchendu's youngest son, has to perform before getting married?
(a) Umuada--the gathering of daughters
(b) Isa-ife--the ceremony of confession
(c) Uri--the ceremony of wine bringing
(d) Kwenu--shouts of approval

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

12. Who is the missionary that replaces Mr. Brown in Umuofia?
(a) Reverend Simon Peter
(b) Reverend James Smith
(c) Reverend Peter Paul
(d) Reverend John Paul

13. 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 forgives the six leaders of Umuofia and tells them to go on their way.
(c) He exiles the six leaders of Umuofia.
(d) He has the six leaders of Umuofia killed.

14. 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

15. What is the name of the god that the people of Umuofia believe is the creator of the all the world and the other gods?
(a) Yahweh
(b) Chukwu
(c) Enoch
(d) Akunna

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Okonkwo's popular nickname?

2. What do the people of Mbanta expect to happen to the missionaries when they start building their church?

3. What does the ekwe, a hollowed out wooden instrument and the blast of the cannon signify to the nine villages of Umuofia?

4. Who is captivated by the message of the missionaries?

5. What do the missionaries tell the Mbanta people about their gods?

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