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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the other thing that the white man brought to Umuofia besides religion?
(a) Wives for the clan
(b) Sheep
(c) Disease
(d) Government

2. What does the Abame clan do to the first white man that comes to their village?
(a) They offer vegetable soup and palm-wine to him.
(b) They touch his white skin because they have never seen anything like it before.
(c) They rub his body with palm oil and adorn him with beads, thinking he is a god.
(d) They kill him and tie his iron horse to the sacred silk-cotton tree.

3. What does the District Commissioner do three days after the destruction of the church?
(a) He has the six leaders of Umuofia killed.
(b) He exiles the six leaders of Umuofia.
(c) He speaks to Mr. Smith and calls a meeting with the six leaders of Umuofia.
(d) He forgives the six leaders of Umuofia and tells them to go on their way.

4. When the missionaries ask the rulers of Mbanta for land to build their church, what do the rulers give them?
(a) An uncleared piece of land in the forest
(b) A rocky, barren piece of land in the hills
(c) The
(d) The best plot of land in the village

5. Why does Uchendu say, "Never kill a man who says nothing" when Obierika tells them about the white man the Abame killed?
(a) The white man did not said anything to the Abame and according to Uchendu, silence is ominous.
(b) He may hold secrets you need to learn.
(c) Because he did not defended himself and may be innocent.
(d) He may not be able to speak your language.

6. When Aneto kills Oduche over a land dispute, what does the white man's government decide?
(a) To hang Aneto
(b) To imprison Aneto for life
(c) To whip Aneto
(d) To exile Aneto and his family

7. How does Mr. Brown encourage the people to attend school?
(a) With singlets and towels
(b) With singlets and towels
(c) With a she-goat and hen
(d) With kola nuts and palm-wine

8. What happens to the six leaders of Umuofia during their meeting with the District Commissioner?
(a) They are put in handcuffs, and led to the guardroom.
(b) They are treated with kindness and respect.
(c) The Commissioner and leaders agree to peace.
(d) They share a feast with the District Commissioner.

9. Who is the missionary that replaces Mr. Brown in Umuofia?
(a) Reverend Simon Peter
(b) Reverend Peter Paul
(c) Reverend James Smith
(d) Reverend John Paul

10. Why do the people say "Mother is Supreme" when the man is the head of the family and his wives and children are obedient to him?
(a) They believe in the very first mother of all men, giving life to all the men who came after.
(b) When a man is sorrowful and bitter, he seeks refuge in his motherland because his mother is there to protect him. It is where she is buried.
(c) They are referring to the mother of all gods, guiding them to rule the world.
(d) They are referring to Mother Earth and how she is fertile for the yams.

11. What is Okonkwo afraid will happen to his male children after he dies?
(a) They will forget the lessons Okonkwo taught them.
(b) They will follow in Nwoye's footsteps and abandon the gods of their ancestors.
(c) They will be killed by neighboring enemies.
(d) They will never go back to their homeland again.

12. What does Nwoye do after his father, Okonkwo, beats him for being with the missionaries?
(a) He leaves his family to go the the Christian school in Umuofia.
(b) He begs his father to stop beating him.
(c) He screams for his mother's help.
(d) He swears that he will never go near the missionary church again.

13. What does the oldest member of the clan say is the reason for gathering for Okonkwo's feast?
(a) To gather under the moonlight
(b) Because it is good for kinsman to do so
(c) To save kinsman from starving
(d) To show off the wealth of food

14. What does Okonkwo send to Obierika as he enters his final year of exile?
(a) Money to build a obi for Okonkwo for when he and his family return
(b) Money to build two huts on Okonkwo's old compound where he and his family will live until he builds more
(c) bag of cowries to repay Obierika for the money he gave him through the years
(d) Four hundred yam seeds to sow in Okonkwo's old field, so he and his family will have food when they returned from exile

15. What is Okonkwo's punishment for killing Ezeudu's son?
(a) Beheading and disgrace.
(b) He and his wives and children have to flee the land.
(c) All of Okonkwo's sons are to be executed.
(d) One of Okonkwo's sons is to be offered as sacrifice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says that the Abame were fools and had been warned of danger, and that they should have brought guns and machetes with them to the market?

2. Where does Obierika get the bags of cowries that he brings to Okonkwo?

3. What is the name of the man that the ekwe announces to Umuofia?

4. What option does Ajofia, the leading egwugwu, give to Mr. Smith when they come to the church?

5. What is an osu?

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