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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 punishment does the District Commissioner give the six leaders of Umuofia?
(a) Give all the yams in their barns to the commissioner
(b) Collect two hundred bags of cowries from the people as a fine
(c) Beheading in the public market
(d) Destruction of the leader's compounds

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

3. 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

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

5. Who is the white missionary that makes friends with great men of the clan and is presented with a carved elephant tusk?
(a) Mr. Kiaga
(b) Mr. Penn
(c) Mr. Smith
(d) Mr. Brown

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Obierika tell Okonkwo that it is too late to fight the white man and drive him from the land?

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

3. 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?

4. What is the first thing Mr. Kiaga orders the outcasts to do if they want to remain in the new religion?

5. Who touches off the conflict between church and clan in Umuofia that has been building since Mr. Brown left?

Short Essay Questions

1. After one of the converts kills the royal python, why does Okonkwo think it is a womanly decision to ostracize the converts from the daily rituals and privileges of members of the clan?

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

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 final act as a warrior for his village of Umuofia? Did it reverse the falling apart of his village in any way?

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

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

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. 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.

9. 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.

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

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