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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. How do the women of the clan prepare for the Feast of the New Yam?
(a) They gather in the marketplace to share all their clothing, jewelry and sandals with one another. They wear each others belongings to prove to the goddess, Ani, that they are worthy people.
(b) They scrub the walls and huts with red earth, draw patterns on them in white, yellow and green, paint themselves with cam wood, and draw black patterns on their stomach and backs.
(c) They cleanse their bodies, wear a simple robe and sandles, and scrub their faces. They are to go to the festival free of all paint, jewelry, or ornamentation of any kind.
(d) They decorate robes with intricate patterns made of colored beans, plaite each others hair, color their faces with red clay, and make veils to cover their faces during the festival.

2. 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?
(a) On a necklace.
(b) On an anklet.
(c) Tattooed on her upper arm.
(d) In a hair piece.

3. Okonkwo does not fear war. In the last war he fought, he brought home a souvenir which he drank palm-wine out of. What is this souvenir?
(a) A colorful, clay pot.
(b) A goatskin flask.
(c) A woven, bamboo basket.
(d) A human head.

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

5. Why does Unkona's neighbor, Okoye, visit him?
(a) To collect a two-year-old debt of two hundred cowries.
(b) To share kola nuts with Unkona.
(c) To talk about music.
(d) To pray with Unkona for life, health, and protection from enemies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the people of Umuofia observe the Week of Peace?

2. Okonkwo is very prosperous, owning a large compound with many huts, and an abundance of food. Ikemefuna is given to Okonkwo to live with him until the clan decides Ikemefuna's fate. How does Ikemefuna react to living with Okonkwo?

3. Who is Okonkwo's father?

4. Who is the powerful orator that informs the ten thousand men of the emergency facing the nine villages of Umuofia?

5. What do the people of Umuofia fear in the night?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do the people of Umuofia justify mutilating the bodies of children who die in infancy or early childhood, refusing to bury them but leaving them in the forest?

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

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

5. Do you think Okonkwo is justified in being ashamed of his father? Explain why.

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

7. Compare the differences in the attitudes of the people of Umuofia with regard to a dark night and a moonlit night.

8. Do you agree with the old man who said that Okonkwo's palm-kernels had been cracked for him by a benevolent spirit? Justify your answer.

9. Predict what might happen later in the book from the conversation of Obierika, Machi, and Okonkwo when they talk about "what is good in one place is bad in another . . ." and that the polite name for leprosy is "white skin".

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

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