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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Okonkwo is very prosperous, owning a large compound with many huts, and an abundance of food. Ikemefuna is given to Okonkwo to live with him until the clan decides Ikemefuna's fate. How does Ikemefuna react to living with Okonkwo?
(a) He is afraid and does not understand the circumstances.
(b) He is thankful that he will never be hungry living with Okonkwo, his three wives, and eight children.
(c) He hopes to learn how to become a great farmer and warrior from Okonkwo.
(d) He is pleased to be living with such a powerful, wealthy man.
2. How does Ikemenfuna feel after three weeks of illness?
(a) He vows revenge on Okonkwo and his family.
(b) He gets better and is no longer afraid or sad to be in Okonkwo's home.
(c) He cries every night after his illness for his mother and sisters.
(d) He is still bitter and afraid.
3. Ezinma tells her mother, Ekwefi, that her upper eyelid is twitching. What does Ekwefi tell Ezinma the significance of the twitch is?
(a) It means Ezinma is going to cry.
(b) It means the rains will come early this year.
(c) It means Ezinma will have many children.
(d) It means Ezinma will see something.
4. How does Okonkwo act for two days after Ikemefuna's death?
(a) He does not eat for two days, he drinks palm-wine from morning until night, he does not sleep, and he can't stop thinking about Ikemefuna.
(b) He acts as if nothing has happened and continues his daily routines.
(c) He works day and night to keep his mind occupied.
(d) He goes into the hills and offers a sacrifice to the gods, asking their forgiveness for taking part in Ikemfuna's death.
5. Who are the two groups of people who stand facing the elders at the ceremonial trial?
(a) One group is the twelve-year-old boys from the village. The other group is their fathers.
(b) One group is the three oldest men from the village. The other group is their sons.
(c) One group is wrestlers from the nine villages, and the other group is judges.
(d) One group is Mgbafo and her three brothers. The other group is her husband, Uzowulu, and his relatives.
Short Answer Questions
1. How do the women of the clan prepare for the Feast of the New Yam?
2. When is the only time that Unkona is not haggard and mournful?
3. As the drums sound and the flutes blast, what appears out of the egwugwu house?
4. Where does the powerful Oracle of the Hills, Agbala, live?
5. How does eighteen-year-old, Okonkwo, bring honor to his village?
Short Essay Questions
1. In your opinion, what is the biggest factor that makes Ikemefuna accept the fact that he is not returning to his homeland?
2. Summarize the role of the women during the New Yam Festival.
3. Describe how Okonkwo continues to worry about his son Nwoye, especially after the death of Ikemefuna.
4. Why do you think so many people in Umuofia gather with excitement to watch the wrestling matches?
5. Describe the weather patterns the year Okonkwo promises to farm the eight hundred yam seeds from Nwakibie, and how they affect the yams.
6. Do you agree with the old man who said that Okonkwo's palm-kernels had been cracked for him by a benevolent spirit? Justify your answer.
7. Do you think Okonkwo is justified in reaction when he thinks his second wife, Ekwefi, killed a banana tree during the New Yam Festival? Explain.
8. Do you think Okonkwo is justified in being ashamed of his father? Explain why.
9. Who do you think benefits from the judgment of the egwuwu in the trial of Uzowulu and his wife and family and why?
10. Compare the stories of men to the stories of women in Umuofia.
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