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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 option does Ajofia, the leading egwugwu, give to Mr. Smith when they come to the church?

2. When Aneto kills Oduche over a land dispute, what does the white man's government decide?

3. Who is the white missionary that makes friends with great men of the clan and is presented with a carved elephant tusk?

4. What is the nickname of kotma, the court messengers who guard the prison which holds people who break the white man's law?

5. How is Okonkwo going to thank his mother's people for helping him during his seven years in exile?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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.

3. 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?

4. What are some of the positive things the white man brings to Umuofia?

5. 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.

6. The District Commissioner outsmarts the six leaders of Umuofia, including Okonkwo and arrests them, abuses them, and humiliates them. What affect does his have on the spirit of the clan?

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

8. 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.

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

10. Okonkwo believes a man cannot rise above his chi, or destiny. Explain why you agree or disagree with Okonkwo's belief.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The missionaries in Mbanta ask the rulers for a plot of land on which to build a church. The elders decide to give the missionaries a piece of land in the Evil Forest.

1) What is the significance of this decision?

2) What do the elders expect the outcome to be?

3) Relate what happened when the missionaries accepted the land.

4) What impact did final result have on the people of Mbanta?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Evaluate the evidence presented to the egwugwu in the case of Mgbafo and Uzowlulu. Do you think the testimony given by each side is convincing? Defend or criticize the verdict of the egwugwu.

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