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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the District Commissioner do three days after the destruction of the church?
(a) He has the six leaders of Umuofia killed.
(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 speaks to Mr. Smith and calls a meeting with the six leaders of Umuofia.

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

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

4. Who is called the Crystal of Beauty in Mbanta, growing into a healthy, buoyant young woman?
(a) Obiageli
(b) Ezigbo
(c) Chielo
(d) Ezinma

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

6. What do the missionaries tell the Mbanta people about their gods?
(a) The gods are true and should be sacrificed to for abundant crops.
(b) They are wonderful, loving gods, but are not the one true God.
(c) They are gods of deceit who tell you to kill your fellows and destroy innocent children.
(d) They are mythical, friendly gods but are not real.

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

8. 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 are most likely true.
(d) That the stories resemble the Christian beliefs.

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

10. 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 whipped every day.
(c) They are given anything they asked for.
(d) They are treated with kindness and respect.

11. 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 bring more cowries and some yam seeds to his friend, Okonkwo
(c) He misses his good friend, Okonkwo, and thinks he should tell him that missionaries had come.
(d) To find out why Okonkwo's son, Nwoye, joined the white missionaries.

12. 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 are put in handcuffs, and led to the guardroom.
(c) The Commissioner and leaders agree to peace.
(d) They share a feast with the District Commissioner.

13. 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) Nwoye
(c) Obierika
(d) Okonkwo

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

15. 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) All come to peace with the white man
(b) Root out the evil of the white man
(c) Become Christians
(d) Move and build a village elsewhere

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Okonkwo's popular nickname?

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

3. Why do the men of Umuofia meet in the marketplace after the village crier beats the message on the ogene?

4. 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?

5. How does Mr. Brown encourage the people to attend school?

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