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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which men fight in the final wrestling match of the day?

2. Why does Okoye need to collect a past debt from Unkona?

3. What is the decision of the egwugwu after hearing the case for Mgbafo's family against Uzowulu?

4. What does Ekwefi do after Chielo carries Ezinma away on her back?

5. How does Nwoye's mother treat Ikemenfuna?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize how the people pass the time during the rainy season.

2. Determine the point of view of Mbaino with regard to settling the dispute with Umuofia over the murder of Ezeugo.

3. Compare the stories of men to the stories of women in Umuofia.

4. How do the people of Umuofia justify mutilating the bodies of children who die in infancy or early childhood, refusing to bury them but leaving them in the forest?

5. Do you think Okonkwo is justified in being ashamed of his father? Explain why.

6. Describe how Okonkwo goes against his nature when he goes to find Ikwefi at the sacred cave.

7. Who do you think benefits from the judgment of the egwuwu in the trial of Uzowulu and his wife and family and why?

8. Explain how Ekwefi defies the traditions of the clan when Chielo takes Ezinma to Agbala, the Oracle of the Hills and the Caves.

9. Explain how Ikemefuna is a good friend to Obiageli on the day of the New Yam Festival.

10. Explain why sharecropping is a very difficult way to get ahead for Okonkwo, and how it impacts his parents and sisters.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ekwefi gave birth to ten children. Nine of them died in infancy. The only survivor is Ezinma. The clan believes that Ekwefi's children are ogbanje.

1) Explain what an ogbanje is.

2) Describe what rituals the medicine man performs on ogbanje and why.

3) Explain why the medicine man asks Ezinma to show him where her iyi-uwa is buried and what does he do with it.

Essay Topic 2

1) What are some of the differences between the white man's religion and government and the way of life of the inhabitants of Umuofia?

2) What indications are there that the District Commissioner and Reverend Smith consider theirs a superior culture and try to impose it on the Igbo people?

Essay Topic 3

While waiting for Ezinma to be released from the cave of Agbala, the Oracle of the Hills and the Caves, she has a flashback.

1) What does this flashback reveal about her relationship with Okonkwo?

2) How does it compare with their present relationship?

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