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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 does Okonkwo serve at the feast for all the umunna, the descendants of Okolo?
(a) Yams wrapped in palm leaves and roasted with palm oil
(b) Roasted locusts and small wild birds
(c) Fish from the stream, and roasted locusts
(d) Three goats, fowls, foo-foo, yam pottage, egusi soup, bitter-leaf soup, palm-wine and kola nuts

2. What does Okika suggest they do that their fathers had never done before?
(a) Allow their children to attend the white man's school.
(b) Give up their own religious beliefs and accept Christianity.
(c) Accept their fate, taking on the white man's ways.
(d) Fight against their own brothers who have taken the side of the white man.

3. What does Uchendu tell Okonkw his duty was?
(a) Never return to his homeland, but build his future in Mbanta.
(b) Comfort his wives and children and take them back to his fatherland after seven years.
(c) Forget about his past, and denounce his homeland.
(d) To go back to his clan and beg to be forgiven.

4. What news does Obierika bring to Okonkwo and Uchendu about the Abame clan?
(a) The clan offered the white men yam seeds, so they could build their own farms.
(b) The clan gave five of their daughters to the white men who came to the village.
(c) The clan has been wiped out by white men who surrounded the market and shot everyone.
(d) The clan befriended the white men who arrived and now were affluent.

5. What does Mr. Brown build in Umuofia?
(a) A playground
(b) A school and a small hospital
(c) A town hall
(d) A mansion for himself

Short Answer Questions

1. What punishment does the District Commissioner give the six leaders of Umuofia?

2. What is the name of the first woman to join the Christian missionaries?

3. 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?

4. How is Okonkwo going to thank his mother's people for helping him during his seven years in exile?

5. What option does Ajofia, the leading egwugwu, give to Mr. Smith when they come to the church?

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

3. Do you think Okonkwo is correct in his reaction to his son, Nwoye joining the Christians? Why?

4. Okonkwo's friend, Obierika pays a visit to Okonkwo after two years of exile. He brings new of the annihilation of the Abame clan. Do you believe the white man is justified in their attack of the Abame clan? Explain.

5. How do the words of the missionaries impact Okonkwo's son, Nwoye?

6. Uchendu gives a speech to the guests at Okonkwo's farewell feast, saying that it is good for kinsmen to come together. What did he fear for the young people of the clan?

7. Describe how Obierika proves to be a true friend to Okonkwo, even after Okonkwo is exiled.

8. 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.

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

10. What are some of the positive things the white man brings to Umuofia?

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