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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 does Mr. Brown encourage the people to attend school?
(a) With kola nuts and palm-wine
(b) With a she-goat and hen
(c) With singlets and towels
(d) With singlets and towels

2. What type of clan members join the white man's religion?
(a) The women and children of the clan
(b) The warriors of the clan, hoping the religion would keep them safe
(c) Men with no titles, efulefu, worthless and empty men
(d) The elders of the clan and their families

3. What does Okonkwo hope his sons will be initiated into when his family returns from exile?
(a) The Sacred Python society
(b) The Nidichi
(c) Ozo society
(d) Sacred Yam Seed society

4. What is the first thing Mr. Kiaga orders the outcasts to do if they want to remain in the new religion?
(a) Return to their special area of the village and never return
(b) Shave off their long tangled hair
(c) Kneel before the cross and pray to be accepted
(d) Go to the village and proclaim their faith

5. Why does Obierika tell Okonkwo that it is too late to fight the white man and drive him from the land?
(a) The white men are more courageous than the men of Umuofia.
(b) Because their own men and sons have joined the white man's religion and government.
(c) The white men have powerful spirits who protected them.
(d) There are too many white men.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Obierika bring for Okonkwo two years after Okonkwo had been exiled?

2. Why does Obierika go to visit Okonkwo a second time, two years after the first?

3. Why do the elders fear for the young people of the village?

4. Why does Uchendu say, "Never kill a man who says nothing" when Obierika tells them about the white man the Abame killed?

5. What does Nwoye do after his father, Okonkwo, beats him for being with the missionaries?

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. 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?

3. 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.

4. When the missionaries come to Umuofia, they tell the people that their gods are not alive and have no effect on their lives. Do you think this is a good approach for the missionaries to take? Explain why.

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

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

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

8. Compare the personalities of Mr. Brown and Reverend Smith. Which man do you think was better for the people of Umuofia?

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

10. The District Commissioner outsmarts the six leaders of Umuofia, including Okonkwo and arrests them, abuses them, and humiliates them. What affect does his have on the spirit of the clan?

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