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

2. Why is it that Obi Agilaga is led to believe it concerns such a matter?
(a) He travels at harvest time in these conditions.
(b) He travels without a permit.
(c) He travels with an armed escort.
(d) He travels in a taxi cab.

3. Obi Agilaga is concerned about what crop of his?
(a) Sweet berries.
(b) Sweet tomatoes.
(c) Sweet potatoes.
(d) Sweet corn.

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

5. What do Obi Agilaga and Obi Uwechue do together for a while?
(a) Ponder the matter.
(b) Chant in unison.
(c) Pray silently.
(d) Pray aloud.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Okei receive punishment for in the initial chapters?

2. 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?

3. How does Obi Agilaga feel regarding Obi Uwechue's plan?

4. The educated boys agree with Okei's philosophy, but while the uneducated youths nod in agreement they actually do what?

5. Obi Agilaga knows that Obi Uwechue's visit must be regarding what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Obi Agiliga do after supper on the evening he finds youths meeting at his compound?

3. In the opening of Chapter 4, what does Uche's family believe will happen when he gets up very early?

4. What does Obi Agiliga declare at the conclusion?

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

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

7. What prompts the elders to enter into the brawl?

8. What do Nduka and Okei do the day following his meeting in preparation for the contest?

9. What do Okei and his friends hear as they wait in the bushes for Josephine and her girlfriends to finish bathing?

10. What initially takes place when Obi Uju arrives home on the day Kwutelu taunts Okei?

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