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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ekwefi do after Chielo carries Ezinma away on her back?
(a) She runs to the other wives for solace.
(b) She runs into her hut in despair.
(c) She follows Chielo.
(d) She screams at Okonkwo to go bring Ezinma back.

2. Who is Okonkwo's father?
(a) Okoye
(b) Ikemefuna
(c) Amalinze
(d) Unoka

3. Why is the big, ancient silk-cotton tree in the playground considered sacred?
(a) The tree holds all the spirits of the men who died in wars since the beginning of time.
(b) The spirits of good children waiting to be born live in the tree.
(c) The tree is believed to have been the first tree in existence.
(d) The tree holds the spirits of all the ancestors of the clan.

4. How many pots of wine do Obierika's in-laws brink to his home for the uri?
(a) Twenty
(b) Fifty
(c) Twenty-five
(d) None

5. What is the only way a young man can build a barn of his own if his father has no yams?
(a) Going to his mother and his father's wives for help.
(b) Saving his money to buy seeds.
(c) Planting coco-yams.
(d) Share-cropping.

6. Okonkwo does not fear war. In the last war he fought, he brought home a souvenir which he drank palm-wine out of. What is this souvenir?
(a) A goatskin flask.
(b) A human head.
(c) A colorful, clay pot.
(d) A woven, bamboo basket.

7. When is the only time that Unkona is not haggard and mournful?
(a) After paying off his debts.
(b) When fighting for his village against the village of Mbaino.
(c) When providing food for his wife and children.
(d) When drinking and playing his flute.

8. Why does Nwakibie trust Okonkwo to farm his yam seeds?
(a) He asks other people of the village if Okonkwo can be trusted.
(b) He figures he can charge Okonkwo for the seeds with interest if the crop failed.
(c) He can tell by looking at Okonkwo that he is a hard worker, unlike many young men of the village.
(d) He always believs big, strong men are trustworthy.

9. Why is Umuofia feared by all its neighbors?
(a) It never tries to find a peaceful settlement before going to war.
(b) The medicine woman curses all its enemies.
(c) Umuofia goes to war whether the case is clear and just or not.
(d) It is powerful in war and magic and has a strong war medicine called agadi-nwayi.

10. Where does Chielo bring Ezinma?
(a) To the yam fields
(b) To where dead children are buried
(c) To the village of Umuachi, then turns around and continues back to the hills of Agbala
(d) Deep into the forest

11. How long is Ikemenfuna in Okonkwo's care?
(a) Twelve years
(b) Three years
(c) Two days
(d) Three months

12. What are the crops that are considered women's crops by the people of Umuofia?
(a) Palms, bitter-leaf, foo foo
(b) Coco-yams, beans, cassava
(c) Yams, kola nuts, greens
(d) Gourds, bananas, oil bean

13. Obierika's daughter, Akueke, is sixteen, just the right age for marrying. How does her suitor and his relatives determine if she is ripe for marriage?
(a) They observe how much she eats of the food that is set out before her, and how delicately she chews her food.
(b) They have her stand before them and recite a marriage poem while dressed in flowing robes.
(c) They study her body, which is decorated and painted in the traditional way: cam oil, black patterns on the skin, black necklace, red and yellow bangles, and waist beads.
(d) They feel how silky her hair is, and pinch her upper arms for plumpness.

14. What does the law state in Umuofia if a woman runs away from her husband?
(a) She is to be killed and left unburied for the vultures and wild animals.
(b) She must be left in the forest to die.
(c) Her husband is allowed to go get her, dragging her back home by the hair.
(d) Her bride-price must be returned to the husband.

15. The first day of the new year is celebrated with feasting and fellowship. What takes place on the second day of the new year?
(a) A play enacting the planting of yams put on by the children of all the villages in Umuofia.
(b) The great wrestling match between Okonkwo's village and their neighbors.
(c) The gathering of all the village musicians for singing and dancing.
(d) A gathering in the marketplace for the preparation of the new yams for planting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the things that Okonkwo fears most?

2. What are the women's duties after the yams are planted?

3. How do the women of the clan prepare for the Feast of the New Yam?

4. As the drums sound and the flutes blast, what appears out of the egwugwu house?

5. The punishment for breaking the sacred peace changes through the years. What happened to a man that broke the Week of Peace in the past?

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