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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 happens to the six leaders of Umuofia during their meeting with the District Commissioner?
(a) They share a feast with the District Commissioner.
(b) They are treated with kindness and respect.
(c) They are put in handcuffs, and led to the guardroom.
(d) The Commissioner and leaders agree to peace.

2. Who is captivated by the message of the missionaries?
(a) Nwoye
(b) Ezinma
(c) Okonkwo
(d) Obierika

3. How is Okonkwo going to thank his mother's people for helping him during his seven years in exile?
(a) He is going to have a great feast.
(b) He is going to distribute all his yam seeds to the people.
(c) He is going to give the elders a bag of cowries.
(d) He is going to leave behind one of his wives to work for the rulers and elders.

4. What is the name of the first woman to join the Christian missionaries?
(a) Nwoye's mother
(b) Ekwefi
(c) Ezinma
(d) Nneka

5. When the village meeting is called after the six leaders are released from the white man's prison, what does Okika say the clan should do?
(a) Become Christians
(b) All come to peace with the white man
(c) Root out the evil of the white man
(d) Move and build a village elsewhere

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the rulers and elders of Mbanta decide to do about the Christians after one of the converts kills the Sacred Python?

2. What event occurs that convinces the clan that the gods can fight their own battles?

3. When Aneto kills Oduche over a land dispute, what does the white man's government decide?

4. What is Nwoye's name changed to after he joins the Christians?

5. How does Ekwefi and Ezinma harvest the cassava for the feast?

Short Essay Questions

1. Okonkwo believes a man cannot rise above his chi, or destiny. Explain why you agree or disagree with Okonkwo's belief.

2. Do you think the white man causes the village of Umuofia to fall apart, as Obierika thinks? Explain.

3. Do you agree with the punishment the elders of the clan give to Okonkwo when he kills the youngest son of Ezeudu? Justify your answer.

4. What is Okonkwo's attitude after he is released from prison?

5. What is Okonkwo's point of view with regard to the clan when he returns home?

6. How does the saying "You can never go home again" hold true for Okonkwo when he returns home after seven years in exile?

7. Okonkwo's seven year exile is over and he decides to go home to his fatherland. Do you think he should stay in Mbanta with his mother's family? Why.

8. What is the importance of the ekwe to the people of Umuofia?

9. Describe the plan the leaders of Mbanta make when the missionary comes to them asking for a plot of land to build a church.

10. Summarize the advice Uchendu gives to Okonkwo about his lot in life.

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