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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Okonkwo of Umuofia is the emissary of war to Mbaino. What does Mbaino give him as an offering for the murder of the woman from Umuofia?
(a) A fifteen-year-old boy named Ikemefuna and a young virgin to replace the murdered woman.
(b) The wife of the murderer.
(c) One of Mbaino's most powerful warriors.
(d) A large monetary payment for the people of Umofia.

2. What is Okonkwo's punishment for committing a "nso-ani" during the Week of Peace?
(a) Bring a bamboo basket of yams, a flask of palm-wine and a hen to the shrine of Ani.
(b) Go to the shrine of Ani and confess his disrespectful behavior to the gods of the clan, remaining on his knees throughout a day and night.
(c) Bring a she-goat, one hen, a length of cloth, and a hundred cowries to the shrine of Ani.
(d) Go to the shrine of Ani, fast for three days, and beg forgiveness for breaking the sacred peace.

3. What is the custom in the village of Obodoani if a man dies during the Week of Peace?
(a) The man is buried outside the village.
(b) The man is burned to ashes, instead of buried.
(c) The man is not buried, but cast into the Evil Forest.
(d) The man is buried as deep as two graves.

4. Who is the priestess of Agbala, the Oracle of the Hills and the Caves, in real life?
(a) Anasi, Okonkwo's first wife
(b) Chielo, a widow with two children
(c) Ekwefi, the second wife of Okonkwo
(d) Noywe's mother

5. Why doesn't Okonkwo have any patience with his father?
(a) Unkona is overly ambitious and driven to earn the highest titles in the land.
(b) Unkona is a great warrior who is always away at war.
(c) Unoka is lazy, a debtor, and a failure.
(d) Unkona spoils his wife and children, providing them with too much food and money.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ezinma, the daughter of Okonkwo's second wife, bring fire to Nwoye's mother's hut?

2. Where does the powerful Oracle of the Hills, Agbala, live?

3. What ultimatum is dispatched to Mbaino as a consequence of the murder of the woman from Umuofia?

4. How is the weather during the first growing season that Okonkwo starts share-cropping for Nwakibie?

5. Why is Okonkwo considered one of the greatest men of his time?

Short Essay Questions

1. Do you agree with Okonkwo when he gives the fatal blow to Ikemefuna with his machete?

2. Describe how Okonkwo continues to worry about his son Nwoye, especially after the death of Ikemefuna.

3. Summarize the role of the women during the New Yam Festival.

4. Is it evident that the tribal rituals of marriage are important for not only the wedding couple, but the entire village?

5. Analyze Okonkwo's feelings for Enzinma and Ekwefi, and how they relate to his fear of weakness.

6. Do you think Okonkwo is justified in reaction when he thinks his second wife, Ekwefi, killed a banana tree during the New Yam Festival? Explain.

7. Explain how Ikemefuna is a good friend to Obiageli on the day of the New Yam Festival.

8. Describe the weather patterns the year Okonkwo promises to farm the eight hundred yam seeds from Nwakibie, and how they affect the yams.

9. Why do you think so many people in Umuofia gather with excitement to watch the wrestling matches?

10. Explain how Ekwefi defies the traditions of the clan when Chielo takes Ezinma to Agbala, the Oracle of the Hills and the Caves.

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