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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What option does Ajofia, the leading egwugwu, give to Mr. Smith when they come to the church?
(a) Mr. Smith can leave Umuofia and not be harmed.
(b) Mr. Smith can tell all the converts that he lied to them about God.
(c) Mr. Smith can denounce his God or die.
(d) Mr. Smith can stay and worship his God and go back to his house.

2. What is the final ceremony, Amikwu, Uchendu's youngest son, has to perform before getting married?
(a) Umuada--the gathering of daughters
(b) Isa-ife--the ceremony of confession
(c) Kwenu--shouts of approval
(d) Uri--the ceremony of wine bringing

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

4. What does the angry band of egwugwu do to Enoch's compound and the Christian church as revenge for unmasking one of the ancestral spirits?
(a) They leave the buildings alone and try to find Enoch.
(b) They rub red clay and palm oil all over the buildings.
(c) They murder all Enoch's family and the Christians in the church.
(d) They burn them to the ground.

5. What does Okonkwo vow to do after being released from the white man's prison?
(a) He vows to convert to Christianity.
(b) He swears vengeance.
(c) He vows never to be a source of trouble again.
(d) He vows to move away from Umuofia.

6. What is the tragedy that takes place during the final burial rites for Ezeudu while the cannon is shot and guns fired?
(a) Another elder of the clan dies in all the excitement.
(b) Ezeudu's wife stabs herself.
(c) Ezeudu's sixteen-year-old son is shot in the arm.
(d) Ezeudu's sixteen-year-old son is killed when Okonkwo's gun explodes.

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

8. 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.

9. Who is called the Crystal of Beauty in Mbanta, growing into a healthy, buoyant young woman?
(a) Ezinma
(b) Chielo
(c) Ezigbo
(d) Obiageli

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

11. What is Okonkwo's popular nickname?
(a) Raging Wrestler
(b) Roaring Flame
(c) Living Legend
(d) Flaming Heart

12. Who touches off the conflict between church and clan in Umuofia that has been building since Mr. Brown left?
(a) Mr. Smith
(b) Nwoye
(c) Okonkwo
(d) Enoch

13. Who is the white missionary that makes friends with great men of the clan and is presented with a carved elephant tusk?
(a) Mr. Penn
(b) Mr. Kiaga
(c) Mr. Smith
(d) Mr. Brown

14. What does Obierika bring for Okonkwo two years after Okonkwo had been exiled?
(a) Kola nuts and palm-wine
(b) Bags full of cowries
(c) Woven baskets of yams
(d) Yam seeds

15. Why do the elders fear for the young people of the village?
(a) They are poor farmers.
(b) They are unwilling to hunt.
(c) They follow the old ways instead of the new religion.
(d) They do not understand the bond of kinship.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is captivated by the message of the missionaries?

2. How does Ekwefi and Ezinma harvest the cassava for the feast?

3. What happens to the six leaders of Umuofia once the fine is paid to the District Commissioner?

4. What does Uchendu, the younger brother of Okonkwo's mother, give to Okonkwo after he comes looking for refuge?

5. What do the rulers and elders of Mbanta decide to do about the Christians after one of the converts kills the Sacred Python?

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