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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 the Abame clan do to the first white man that comes to their village?
(a) They rub his body with palm oil and adorn him with beads, thinking he is a god.
(b) They touch his white skin because they have never seen anything like it before.
(c) They offer vegetable soup and palm-wine to him.
(d) They kill him and tie his iron horse to the sacred silk-cotton tree.

2. Every man learns the language of the ekwe. How does the wooden instrument let the people know exactly who has died?
(a) It spells out the letters in the name.
(b) First it announces the name of the clan, then it names the village, and finally it names the man.
(c) It only announces the name of the village.
(d) It announces the name of the man over and over again.

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

4. What is the first thing Okonkwo plans to do when he returns to his clan?
(a) Have his wives cook meals for the village
(b) Rebuild his compound better than it was before
(c) Go to each neighboring hut, apologizing for the past
(d) Move in with a neighbor until he could rebuild

5. Why does Uchendu say, "Never kill a man who says nothing" when Obierika tells them about the white man the Abame killed?
(a) He may hold secrets you need to learn.
(b) Because he did not defended himself and may be innocent.
(c) The white man did not said anything to the Abame and according to Uchendu, silence is ominous.
(d) He may not be able to speak your language.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Okonkwo afraid will happen to his male children after he dies?

2. What does Mr. Smith tell the people about ogbanje, the evil children who are born over and over again to plague their mothers?

3. What is Okonkwo's popular nickname?

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

5. Why can Ezeudu, the oldest man in his village, only be buried at night?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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.

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

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

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

7. 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.

8. 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?

9. 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.

10. 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?

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