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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Obi Agilaga encourages Obi Uwechue to direct the girls of his village to do what?
(a) Visit Okei and his friends.
(b) Spread gossip and rumors.
(c) Sell produce in Obi Agilaga's village.
(d) Stay away from Okei and his friends.

2. What does Obi Uwechue tell Obi Agilaga about Okei and his friends doing?
(a) Watching girls bathing the night before.
(b) Getting intoxicated the night before.
(c) Stealing from young villagers.
(d) Meeting girls the day before.

3. Obi Agilaga's wives make comments about how hard he works and how much he is in need of what in the fields?
(a) New equipment.
(b) Help.
(c) Irrigation.
(d) Fertilizer.

4. When is the weather at its worst?
(a) Noon.
(b) Afternoon.
(c) Early evening.
(d) Morning.

5. While Nduka writes the message on school paper and distributes it to the people in the village, what method does Uche use?
(a) Word of mouth.
(b) A horn.
(c) A drum.
(d) A gong.

6. When it comes time to part for the evening in the second chapter, Okei orders Uche to announce that all the young men are to meet together when?
(a) The next morning.
(b) The next week.
(c) The next afternoon.
(d) The next night.

7. The boys' discussion at the evening meeting turns to what topic?
(a) Girls bathing outdoors.
(b) Girls attending schools.
(c) Lessons learned at school.
(d) Rumors about Okei and his friends.

8. The Wrestling Match tells the coming of age story of a young boy, Okei, from what country?
(a) Nigeria.
(b) Namibiya.
(c) Algeria.
(d) Niger.

9. Where are the vendors in the initial scene?
(a) They are conducting their final transactions with customers for the day.
(b) They have left the market to return to their homes for the night.
(c) They are opening businesses following morning religious ceremonies.
(d) They are opening up their businesses following the noon break.

10. Which individuals do Uche and Nduka wonder if they should include when announcing Okei's meeting?
(a) The boys working in the market.
(b) The educated boys attending school.
(c) The boys who are learning a trade.
(d) The uneducated boys working the farms.

11. As Okei reaches the age of young adulthood, his anger emerges in altercations with whom?
(a) Almost everyone he encounters.
(b) Nne Ojo.
(c) Obi Agilaga.
(d) Obi Ojo.

12. Obi Agilaga tells Obi Uwechue if he takes care of the girls in his village, that he will take care of what?
(a) The youths in question.
(b) The rest of the plan.
(c) The clergy involved.
(d) Handling Okei.

13. Okei leads a discussion about the need to do what?
(a) Use better equipment.
(b) Irrigate farms.
(c) Use chemicals and pesticides.
(d) Modernize the farming methods.

14. Later that evening, Obi Agilaga visits the homes of some of his friends to put a plan into motion to accomplish what?
(a) Implement new farming methods.
(b) Teach the boys a lesson.
(c) Irrigation of the farms.
(d) Train the boys new farming practices.

15. Obi Agilaga and Obi Uwechue sit and discuss young men who refuse to work but find time to do what?
(a) Sit around doing nothing.
(b) Get intoxicated.
(c) Steal from the elders in the villages.
(d) Chase after girls in the villages.

Short Answer Questions

1. Uche shares a story about being harassed when he and a friend went to Akpei to do what a few days ago?

2. Where do Obi Agilaga and the workers seek refuge when the weather is poorest?

3. Early in the story, Nduka and Uche have been waiting for Okei to finish what, so they can go with their friend to a neighboring village to meet girls?

4. Why does Obi Uwechue hope to find Okei working on the farm today?

5. What has Obi Uwechue brought with him on this visit?

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