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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 spells out the letters in the name.
(c) First it announces the name of the clan, then it names the village, and finally it names the man.
(d) It only announces the name of the village.

2. What does the District Commissioner do three days after the destruction of the church?
(a) He forgives the six leaders of Umuofia and tells them to go on their way.
(b) He exiles the six leaders of Umuofia.
(c) He has the six leaders of Umuofia killed.
(d) He speaks to Mr. Smith and calls a meeting with the six leaders of Umuofia.

3. What punishment does the District Commissioner give the six leaders of Umuofia?
(a) Collect two hundred bags of cowries from the people as a fine
(b) Destruction of the leader's compounds
(c) Beheading in the public market
(d) Give all the yams in their barns to the commissioner

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

5. 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 given water but are told it is the last time.
(c) They are allowed to get water, but can not speak to anyone.
(d) They are chased away from the stream and whipped.

6. What does Mr. Brown build in Umuofia?
(a) A school and a small hospital
(b) A playground
(c) A town hall
(d) A mansion for himself

7. 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) Return to their special area of the village and never return
(d) Kneel before the cross and pray to be accepted

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

9. 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

10. What does Nwoye do after his father, Okonkwo, beats him for being with the missionaries?
(a) He leaves his family to go the the Christian school in Umuofia.
(b) He screams for his mother's help.
(c) He swears that he will never go near the missionary church again.
(d) He begs his father to stop beating him.

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

12. What is the tragedy that takes place during the final burial rites for Ezeudu while the cannon is shot and guns fired?
(a) Ezeudu's sixteen-year-old son is killed when Okonkwo's gun explodes.
(b) Another elder of the clan dies in all the excitement.
(c) Ezeudu's sixteen-year-old son is shot in the arm.
(d) Ezeudu's wife stabs herself.

13. What is an osu?
(a) A very brave and accomplished hunter
(b) One of the elders, given a hut in the center of the village
(c) A holy man, revered by the people
(d) A person dedicated to a god, set apart and taboo forever

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

15. What does Okonkwo hope his sons will be initiated into when his family returns from exile?
(a) The Sacred Python society
(b) Sacred Yam Seed society
(c) Ozo society
(d) The Nidichi

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Okonkwo mourn when he returns to his clan?

2. When the missionaries ask the rulers of Mbanta for land to build their church, what do the rulers give them?

3. What is Okonkwo afraid will happen to his male children after he dies?

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

5. What is the nickname of kotma, the court messengers who guard the prison which holds people who break the white man's law?

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