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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Go to the village and proclaim their faith
(c) Kneel before the cross and pray to be accepted
(d) Return to their special area of the village and never return

2. What does the ekwe, a hollowed out wooden instrument and the blast of the cannon signify to the nine villages of Umuofia?
(a) The beginning of war
(b) The beginning of a festival
(c) The birth of a child
(d) The death of a man

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

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

5. 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) There are too many white men.
(c) The white men are more courageous than the men of Umuofia.
(d) Because their own men and sons have joined the white man's religion and government.

6. When the missionaries ask the rulers of Mbanta for land to build their church, what do the rulers give them?
(a) An uncleared piece of land in the forest
(b) The
(c) The best plot of land in the village
(d) A rocky, barren piece of land in the hills

7. How are the six leaders of Umuofia treated while in captivity?
(a) They are whipped every day.
(b) They are treated with kindness and respect.
(c) 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.
(d) They are given anything they asked for.

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

9. What is Okonkwo's popular nickname?
(a) Raging Wrestler
(b) Flaming Heart
(c) Living Legend
(d) Roaring Flame

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

11. 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

12. 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 spread by the Devil to lead men astray.
(b) That the stories are okay to believe in.
(c) That the stories are most likely true.
(d) That the stories resemble the Christian beliefs.

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

14. How many cowries do the court messengers ask the people for as payment to release their leaders?
(a) Three hundred bags
(b) Two hundred bags
(c) Two hundred and fifty bags
(d) Two hundred and ten bags

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where does Obierika get the bags of cowries that he brings to Okonkwo?

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?

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

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