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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. Who is called the Crystal of Beauty in Mbanta, growing into a healthy, buoyant young woman?
(a) Ezinma
(b) Ezigbo
(c) Chielo
(d) Obiageli

2. What does the District Commissioner do three days after the destruction of the church?
(a) He forgives the six leaders of Umuofia and tells them to go on their way.
(b) He speaks to Mr. Smith and calls a meeting with the six leaders of Umuofia.
(c) He exiles the six leaders of Umuofia.
(d) He has the six leaders of Umuofia killed.

3. What does Nwoye do after his father, Okonkwo, beats him for being with the missionaries?
(a) He begs his father to stop beating him.
(b) He screams for his mother's help.
(c) He swears that he will never go near the missionary church again.
(d) He leaves his family to go the the Christian school in Umuofia.

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

5. What does Mr. Smith tell the people about ogbanje, the evil children who are born over and over again to plague their mothers?
(a) That the stories are most likely true.
(b) That the stories are spread by the Devil to lead men astray.
(c) That the stories resemble the Christian beliefs.
(d) That the stories are okay to believe in.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Okonkwo vow to do after being released from the white man's prison?

2. What does the angry band of egwugwu do to Enoch's compound and the Christian church as revenge for unmasking one of the ancestral spirits?

3. Every man learns the language of the ekwe. How does the wooden instrument let the people know exactly who has died?

4. How many missionaries go to Mbanta?

5. What happens to the six leaders of Umuofia once the fine is paid to the District Commissioner?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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.

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

4. Do you think it is right for the clan to burn down the church after Enoch pulls the mask off the egwuwu during the annual ceremony? Explain.

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

6. What impact does the burning of the church have on Okonkwo's frame of mind?

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

8. 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.

9. 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.

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

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