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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. Nduka and Uche discuss what when they meet?
(a) Okei's order to inform all boys about his meeting.
(b) Which girls they would like to meet tonight.
(c) Where they will go after Okei's meeting.
(d) What they have learned recently in school.

2. Who will judge the winner of the contest?
(a) Selected women.
(b) The elders.
(c) The young men.
(d) The clergy.

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?
(a) His noon meal.
(b) His morning meal.
(c) His evening meal.
(d) His evening chores.

4. In preparation for tonight's meeting, who does Okei enlist the help of to sweep the meeting area?
(a) Older girls.
(b) Younger boys.
(c) Older boys.
(d) Children.

5. The droughts bring what?
(a) Starvation.
(b) Heat, but is followed by rainy seasons.
(c) Smaller crops, but still marketable.
(d) Daytime heat, but nighttime rains.

Short Answer Questions

1. Obi Agilaga is concerned about what crop of his?

2. Why is it that Obi Agilaga is led to believe it concerns such a matter?

3. In Chapter 4, Uche rises when the following day?

4. 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?

5. What do Obi Agilaga and Obi Uwechue do together for a while?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Obi Agiliga ask Okei before the competition begins?

2. What are the girls' and Josephine's plans while en route to the marketplace with the match upcoming?

3. Why do the girls become suspicious and finally learn that those at the marketplace are purposely ignoring them?

4. After Kwutelu tells Obi Uju about her argument with Okei, why is she away for several hours when he retires?

5. Why is it Obi Agiliga realizes that his friend's visit concerns an important matter?

6. What mutual problem does Obi Uwechue want to discuss with Obi Agiliga in the sweltering heat?

7. What do Obi Uwechue and Obi Agiliga believe the solution to the youths' problem is?

8. Which of Okei's friends are awaiting him, and what do they plan to do in the evening of the opening chapter?

9. What reason has Josephine given Nduka as to why she and her girlfriends go further to Akpei to sell their plantains?

10. How does the discussion concerning farming go at Okei's meeting?

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