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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the spectators of the wrestling match are allowed to sit around the huge circle of the wrestling ring?
(a) The wrestlers waiting for their matches.
(b) Women and children.
(c) The elders, grandees, a few early comers in the stands, and the drummers.
(d) Pregnant women.

2. What is a man who holds the ozo title forbidden to do?
(a) Drink from the tapping of short palm trees.
(b) Talk to a single woman in public.
(c) Wrestle during the Feast of the New Yam.
(d) Tap the tall palm trees.

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

4. After speaking with the elders of nine villages, what does Okonkwo tell Ikemefuna about what is going to happen to him?
(a) That he is free to go.
(b) That he is being exiled.
(c) That he is going home.
(d) That he is being killed.

5. Why is Okonkwo considered one of the greatest men of his time?
(a) He is a sympathetic, loving father and husband.
(b) He is the greatest flute player in the village.
(c) He has patience for all men, even unsuccessful ones.
(d) He is a wealthy farmer, the greatest wrestler, has a barn full of yams, and has three wives.

6. Who is the first man Okonkwo works for as a share-cropper ?
(a) Ogbuefi Udo
(b) Nwakibie
(c) Okoye
(d) Agbala

7. How does Ikemenfuna feel after three weeks of illness?
(a) He vows revenge on Okonkwo and his family.
(b) He is still bitter and afraid.
(c) He gets better and is no longer afraid or sad to be in Okonkwo's home.
(d) He cries every night after his illness for his mother and sisters.

8. When Okonkwo is angry and cannot speak because of his stutter, how does he get his point across?
(a) Uses his fists against the person who angers him.
(b) Uses hand motions to relay his message.
(c) Walks away, returning when he is calmer.
(d) Takes a deep breath and gets control of himself.

9. What does Okonkwo bring with him to share with the wealthy Nwakibie and his family before asking for yam seeds and share cropping privileges?
(a) Campfire wood, and a pot of soup.
(b) Goat's milk and eggs.
(c) A bamboo basket and a goatflask.
(d) Palm-wine, a cock, kola nut, and alligator pepper.

10. What are the things that Okonkwo fears most?
(a) Evil and capricious gods.
(b) Forces of nature.
(c) The forest and magic.
(d) Failure, weakness, and himself.

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

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

13. What is the emergency that the great orator announces at the meeting in the marketplace?
(a) The wife of Ogbuefi Udo is murdered in Mbaino when she goes to market.
(b) The yam harvest of one of the village celebrities is stolen from his barn.
(c) The powerful medicine woman of Umuofia dies during the night.
(d) The warriors of Mbaino raid one of the villages of Umuofia.

14. What hopes does Okonkwo have for his son, Nwoye's , future?
(a) He hopes Nwoye would be a fair, just, and wise father and husband, showing kindness and love to his family.
(b) He wants Nwoye to be a great warrior with many heroic victories to his name.
(c) He wants Nwoye to be a talented musician, performing at all the festivals in the nine villages.
(d) He wants Nwoye to be prosperous, that he will have enough to feed the ancestors with regular sacrifices, and he will be able to rule his women and children.

15. How do the women of the clan prepare for the Feast of the New Yam?
(a) They scrub the walls and huts with red earth, draw patterns on them in white, yellow and green, paint themselves with cam wood, and draw black patterns on their stomach and backs.
(b) They cleanse their bodies, wear a simple robe and sandles, and scrub their faces. They are to go to the festival free of all paint, jewelry, or ornamentation of any kind.
(c) They decorate robes with intricate patterns made of colored beans, plaite each others hair, color their faces with red clay, and make veils to cover their faces during the festival.
(d) They gather in the marketplace to share all their clothing, jewelry and sandals with one another. They wear each others belongings to prove to the goddess, Ani, that they are worthy people.

Short Answer Questions

1. Okonkwo's friend, Obierika, is celebrating his daughter's uri. Why does this day put the entire neighborhood into a festive air?

2. What drives Okonkwo into a rage on the first day of the festival, leading him to beat his second wife, Ekwefi, and almost kill her with a gun?

3. How many men are in each of the two teams of wrestlers who face each other in the wrestling ring?

4. What is the festival that gives thanks to Ani, the earth goddess and source of fertility?

5. 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?

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