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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 singlets and towels
(b) With singlets and towels
(c) With a she-goat and hen
(d) With kola nuts and palm-wine

2. 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.

3. What is the tragedy that takes place during the final burial rites for Ezeudu while the cannon is shot and guns fired?
(a) Ezeudu's sixteen-year-old son is killed when Okonkwo's gun explodes.
(b) Ezeudu's wife stabs herself.
(c) Another elder of the clan dies in all the excitement.
(d) Ezeudu's sixteen-year-old son is shot in the arm.

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

5. What does the ekwe, a hollowed out wooden instrument and the blast of the cannon signify to the nine villages of Umuofia?
(a) The death of a man
(b) The beginning of war
(c) The birth of a child
(d) The beginning of a festival

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says that the Abame were fools and had been warned of danger, and that they should have brought guns and machetes with them to the market?

2. What happens to the Christian women who go to the stream for water to wash the church with?

3. What is Okonkwo's punishment for killing Ezeudu's son?

4. What do the missionaries tell the Mbanta people about their gods?

5. Why do the people say "Mother is Supreme" when the man is the head of the family and his wives and children are obedient to him?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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.

3. Do you agree that Mr. Kiaga's choice of allowing the outcasts, osu, to join the other converts in the church is in the best interest of his congregation? Explain.

4. What is Okonkwo's final act as a warrior for his village of Umuofia? Did it reverse the falling apart of his village in any way?

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

10. 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.

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