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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Aneto kills Oduche over a land dispute, what does the white man's government decide?
(a) To imprison Aneto for life
(b) To hang Aneto
(c) To whip Aneto
(d) To exile Aneto and his family

2. 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

3. What is Okonkwo's punishment for killing Ezeudu's son?
(a) Beheading and disgrace.
(b) He and his wives and children have to flee the land.
(c) All of Okonkwo's sons are to be executed.
(d) One of Okonkwo's sons is to be offered as sacrifice.

4. 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) Okonkwo
(b) Obierika
(c) Uchendu
(d) Nwoye

5. What do the rulers and elders of Mbanta decide to do about the Christians after one of the converts kills the Sacred Python?
(a) Ostracize the Christians
(b) Drive the Christians out of the village
(c) Bring the head of Mr. Kiaga back to the village marketplace
(d) Develop a plan to kill all the Christians

6. 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) Enoch
(b) Akunna
(c) Yahweh
(d) Chukwu

7. 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 are more courageous than the men of Umuofia.
(b) There are too many white men.
(c) Because their own men and sons have joined the white man's religion and government.
(d) The white men have powerful spirits who protected them.

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

9. What does Okonkwo send to Obierika as he enters his final year of exile?
(a) Four hundred yam seeds to sow in Okonkwo's old field, so he and his family will have food when they returned from exile
(b) bag of cowries to repay Obierika for the money he gave him through the years
(c) Money to build two huts on Okonkwo's old compound where he and his family will live until he builds more
(d) Money to build a obi for Okonkwo for when he and his family return

10. 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.

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

12. 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) The women and children of the clan
(d) Men with no titles, efulefu, worthless and empty men

13. What does Uchendu tell Okonkw his duty was?
(a) To go back to his clan and beg to be forgiven.
(b) Never return to his homeland, but build his future in Mbanta.
(c) Forget about his past, and denounce his homeland.
(d) Comfort his wives and children and take them back to his fatherland after seven years.

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

15. How does Mr. Brown encourage the people to attend school?
(a) With kola nuts and palm-wine
(b) With singlets and towels
(c) With a she-goat and hen
(d) With singlets and towels

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Nwoye's name changed to after he joins the Christians?

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

3. How is Okonkwo going to thank his mother's people for helping him during his seven years in exile?

4. Why do the people say "Mother is Supreme" when the man is the head of the family and his wives and children are obedient to him?

5. Every man learns the language of the ekwe. How does the wooden instrument let the people know exactly who has died?

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