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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. What is the first trial's dispute set before Evil Forest and the egwugwu?
(a) The case of Mgbafo running away from her husband, Uzowulu, because he beat her and caused her to miscarry. Mgbafo's relatives refuse to give him back the bride-price because he beats her.
(b) The case of a man being murdered and left by the side of the road by his brother.
(c) The case of a mother beating her child to death.
(d) The case of one man stealing yams from the barn of another.

2. How does eighteen-year-old, Okonkwo, bring honor to his village?
(a) He throws the great wrestler, Amalinze the Cat.
(b) He plays his flute in the village after the harvest.
(c) He has a barn full of yams.
(d) He has no patience with unsuccessful men.

3. Okonkwo and the men of Umuofia take Ikemefuna deep into the forest and kill him with machetes. Who gives the final thrust of the machete that ends Ikemefuna's life?
(a) Okafo
(b) Ogbuefi Ezendu
(c) Okonkwo
(d) Nwoye

4. What is the name all children of the clan except Ezinma call their mothers?
(a) Jifida
(b) Efulefu
(c) Nne
(d) Obi

5. Ezinma tells her mother, Ekwefi, that her upper eyelid is twitching. What does Ekwefi tell Ezinma the significance of the twitch is?
(a) It means Ezinma will have many children.
(b) It means the rains will come early this year.
(c) It means Ezinma will see something.
(d) It means Ezinma is going to cry.

Short Answer Questions

1. How can an observer tell if a communal ceremony is only for the men of the village?

2. What is the significance of the beating of drums in the village playground, the ilo, where all the great ceremonies and dances of the village take place?

3. The first day of the new year is celebrated with feasting and fellowship. What takes place on the second day of the new year?

4. Anasi is Nwakibie's first wife, which makes her the ruler over the other wives of Nwakibie. She is the only wife who can wear her husband's titles. Where are the titles worn on Anasi?

5. Why do all the women abandon preparing the food for the uri and rush off to the Obierika's crop field?

Short Essay Questions

1. Okonkwo's father dies in debt, with no titles to his name. Relate why Okonkwo does not have to worry that his father's reputation will be held against him.

2. Evaluate Okonkwo's frame of mind after the destruction of the yam crop.

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

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

5. Explain how Okonkwo's stern attitude changes when he is awakened in the night because Ezinma is sick.

6. Explain why Okoye, Unoka's friend, is considered a successful man.

7. Describe why Okonkwo is considered a wealthy man by Umuofia's standards.

8. Who do you think benefits from the judgment of the egwuwu in the trial of Uzowulu and his wife and family and why?

9. Why don't the people want an even wrestling match, ending in a tie?

10. In your opinion, what is the biggest factor that makes Ikemefuna accept the fact that he is not returning to his homeland?

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