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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. Under what circumstances will the people of Umuofia consult Agbala, the Oracle of the Hills and the Caves?
2. How does Ikemenfuna feel after three weeks of illness?
3. How does Okonkwo react to the disastrous growing season that destroy all his yams and the yams of his people?
4. What are the things that Okonkwo fears most?
5. What does Okonkwo bring with him to share with the wealthy Nwakibie and his family before asking for yam seeds and share cropping privileges?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. 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".
3. Explain what role the egwuwu, the ancestral spirits of the clan, has in the public trials of the nine villages of the clan.
4. Do you agree with Okonkwo when he gives the fatal blow to Ikemefuna with his machete?
5. Explain why Okoye, Unoka's friend, is considered a successful man.
6. Relate how Okonkwo is able to plant his first yam-seeds when his father gives him nothing.
7. Compare the differences in the attitudes of the people of Umuofia with regard to a dark night and a moonlit night.
8. Do you think Okonkwo is justified in reaction when he thinks his second wife, Ekwefi, killed a banana tree during the New Yam Festival? Explain.
9. Why do you think so many people in Umuofia gather with excitement to watch the wrestling matches?
10. Do you agree with the old man who said that Okonkwo's palm-kernels had been cracked for him by a benevolent spirit? Justify your answer.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
1) Summarize the economic system of the Igbo people before the white man's appearance.
2) How was wealth determined?
3) Describe how a man could attain wealth if nothing was left to him by his father.
Essay Topic 2
Choose one of the traditional celebrations, The Week of Peace or The Feast of the New Yam. Describe what happens during the celebration. Who is involved in the celebration? How long does it last? What impact does it have on the people? What is required of the people during the celebration? What are the traditional food and dress required, and what is the punishment if someone should violate the celebration?
Essay Topic 3
Enoch, the court messenger, is the cause of one of the biggest conflicts between the white man and the clan members. Describe the consequences of his offense and how it leads to further tragedy in the novel.
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