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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. Obi Agilaga's wives make comments about how hard he works and how much he is in need of what in the fields?

2. In what setting does the tale begin?

3. Obi Agilaga does what on the way home as he thinks about the boys who believe they are the only ones who have ever been young?

4. Okei is instantly angry because which girl says that he is arrogant and capable of leading a group of boys to steal?

5. What is the name of the village Nduka and Uche want to take Okei to meet girls in the opening chapters?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does the wrestling event conclude?

2. In what ways is Okei maturing by the end of Chapter 12?

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

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

5. How does the excitement surrounding the wrestling match build for Okei the evening prior to the match?

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

7. In discussing Okei's order to announce his meeting, what are Uche and Nduka's views as to which youths to invite?

8. What happens when Okei and his first opponent match up?

9. What does Obi Agiliga do after instructing Nne Ojo to hide Okei?

10. Before Onuoha can leave the shed where the workers rest, why do he and Obi Agiliga experience a rush of fear?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the author employ the views of traditional Nigerian farmers with those of educated youths in the late 1960s and early 1970s regarding the raising of crops?

Essay Topic 2

The theme of elders being wise and demonstrating their knowledge and good judgment is advanced in what manner? How does this contrast with elders being human and making mistakes?

Essay Topic 3

Does the author convey a belief in elitism of the schooled youths who find themselves above laboring on the farms, or are these youths wise because they recognize that current farming practices are less productive and methods need to be modernized?

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