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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 ultimatum is dispatched to Mbaino as a consequence of the murder of the woman from Umuofia?
(a) The sacrificial offering of one of the daughters of Mbaino.
(b) Delivery to Umuofia a year's worth of the yam harvest as a peace offering.
(c) Choose between war or the offer of a young man and a virgin from Mbaino.
(d) Deliver the head of the murderer to the people of Umuofia.

2. How are the children of the village prepared for the Feast of the New Yam?
(a) They are washed in the riverbed three times the day before the festival, and then dressed in simple robes.
(b) Their entire bodies are painted with cam wood and no clothing is worn to the festival.
(c) Their heads are shaved in beautiful patterns.
(d) Their bodies are rubbed with palm oil, and their hair is decorated with kola nut shells.

3. 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 large monetary payment for the people of Umofia.
(b) A fifteen-year-old boy named Ikemefuna and a young virgin to replace the murdered woman.
(c) The wife of the murderer.
(d) One of Mbaino's most powerful warriors.

4. Which of the spectators of the wrestling match are allowed to sit around the huge circle of the wrestling ring?
(a) Pregnant women.
(b) The wrestlers waiting for their matches.
(c) The elders, grandees, a few early comers in the stands, and the drummers.
(d) Women and children.

5. How can an observer tell if a communal ceremony is only for the men of the village?
(a) There are no women present anywhere near the ceremony.
(b) The titled men and elders sit on stools while the women look on from the fringe like outsiders.
(c) There are guards stationed around the communal ceremony, preventing the women from viewing.
(d) The women gather away from the ceremony, and chat with one another.

Short Answer Questions

1. What hopes does Okonkwo have for his son, Nwoye's , future?

2. During the rainy season, how do the people of the village pass the time?

3. Why does Okonkwo beat his second wife, Ojiugo, during the sacred Week of Peace?

4. Who are the two groups of people who stand facing the elders at the ceremonial trial?

5. What are the crops that are considered women's crops by the people of Umuofia?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Evaluate Okonkwo's reputation in the nine villages of Umuofia.

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

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

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

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

8. Explain why sharecropping is a very difficult way to get ahead for Okonkwo, and how it impacts his parents and sisters.

9. How would you justify Okonkwo's harsh treatment of his family and his uncontrollable temper?

10. 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.

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