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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the custom in the village of Obodoani if a man dies during the Week of Peace?
2. What are the crops that are considered women's crops by the people of Umuofia?
3. What is a man who holds the ozo title forbidden to do?
4. Why doesn't Okonkwo have any patience with his father?
5. How many men are in each of the two teams of wrestlers who face each other in the wrestling ring?
Short Essay Questions
1. Predict what might happen later in the book from the conversation of Obierika, Machi, and Okonkwo when they talk about "what is good in one place is bad in another . . ." and that the polite name for leprosy is "white skin".
2. Explain how Okonkwo's stern attitude changes when he is awakened in the night because Ezinma is sick.
3. Compare the differences in the attitudes of the people of Umuofia with regard to a dark night and a moonlit night.
4. Do you think Okonkwo is justified in being ashamed of his father? Explain why.
5. How do the people of Umuofia justify mutilating the bodies of children who die in infancy or early childhood, refusing to bury them but leaving them in the forest?
6. Do you agree with Okonkwo when he gives the fatal blow to Ikemefuna with his machete?
7. What is the tradition the in-laws must do for the uri?
8. Explain how Ekwefi defies the traditions of the clan when Chielo takes Ezinma to Agbala, the Oracle of the Hills and the Caves.
9. Relate how Okonkwo is able to plant his first yam-seeds when his father gives him nothing.
10. Describe how Okonkwo continues to worry about his son Nwoye, especially after the death of Ikemefuna.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In the Igbo culture, there are feminine and masculine crimes.
1) Describe the difference between feminine and masculine crimes.
2) Which is considered more severe by the people and why?
3) Which of the two crimes did Okonkwo commit and what was his punishment?
Essay Topic 2
1) What are some of the differences between the white man's religion and government and the way of life of the inhabitants of Umuofia?
2) What indications are there that the District Commissioner and Reverend Smith consider theirs a superior culture and try to impose it on the Igbo people?
Essay Topic 3
Describe in detail the three rituals of a wedding engagement for the Ibo people: the bride price, the delivery of the palm-wine, and the confession. Give a detailed summary of each ceremony.
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