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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. Nduka and Uche recognize that the farm boys will not be able to read any announcements, especially those made in what language?
2. Nduka believes which boys should be given the chance to participate?
3. What does Obi Agilaga tell Obi Uwechue that Okei will not do?
4. Obi Agilaga is concerned about what crop of his?
5. Obi Agilaga's wives make comments about how hard he works and how much he is in need of what in the fields?
Short Essay Questions
1. What concern does Obi Agiliga have regarding the weather and his crop?
2. What is it Obi Agiliga ponders when his youngest son, Onuoha. asks why Okei will not join them at work on the farm?
3. What takes place at the youths' next meeting following the girls' unsuccessful day selling plantains?
4. Why does Obi Agiliga instruct his workers to rest in the middle of the day in Chapter 3?
5. What is Nne Ojo's response to how the conflict has left Okei?
6. What are the circumstances surrounding the argument in the opening episode of The Wrestling Match?
7. How does Obi Uju come to accidentally cut Kwutelu's ear off?
8. After Kwutelu tells Obi Uju about her argument with Okei, why is she away for several hours when he retires?
9. How has Okei come to live with Obi Agiliga and Nne Ojo?
10. What do Nduka and Okei do the day following his meeting in preparation for the contest?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What event initially takes place in Chapter 3 that brings Obi Agiliga and Obi Uwechue to smile at each other? What are the different incidents that occur throughout the book which bring the elders to chuckle to themselves, laugh, wink, or smile at each other?
Essay Topic 2
Why is Obi Agiliga concerned when Onuoha, his youngest son, inquires why Okei will not labor with them on the farm? What does Okei's adoptive uncle believe is troubling and confusing his nephew?
Essay Topic 3
How is the author able to portray Obi Agiliga as an understanding and caring guardian of a troubled nephew whom he views as a shirker of work, while in the same chapter Okei's adoptive uncle schemes in an attempt to teach him and other teenagers an embarrassing lesson in maturation? Is this not a contradiction in Chapter 3?
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