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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. Why do men and women look forward to the Feast of the New Yam?
2. Ezinma offers to bring Okonkwo's chair to the wrestling match for him. Why did he refuse his daughter's offer?
3. Nwoye's mother calls Ezinma "Ezigbo" when she brings the fire to Nwoye's mother's hut. What does "Ezigbo" mean?
4. When Okonkwo is angry and cannot speak because of his stutter, how does he get his point across?
5. Okonkwo is sitting in his obi with Ikemefuna and Nwoye, eating dried locusts when Ogbuefi Ezeudu comes with a message. What is the message?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain how Ikemefuna is a good friend to Obiageli on the day of the New Yam Festival.
2. Okonkwo's father dies in debt, with no titles to his name. Relate why Okonkwo does not have to worry that his father's reputation will be held against him.
3. Evaluate Okonkwo's frame of mind after the destruction of the yam crop.
4. Why do you think so many people in Umuofia gather with excitement to watch the wrestling matches?
5. How would you justify Okonkwo's harsh treatment of his family and his uncontrollable temper?
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. 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?
8. Determine the point of view of Mbaino with regard to settling the dispute with Umuofia over the murder of Ezeugo.
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. Summarize the role of the women during the New Yam Festival.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
1) Throughout the novel, Okonkwo is afraid of being like his father. Describe the accomplishments Okonkwo achieves in his lifetime that makes him different from his father.
2) Explain why Okonkwo's final act turns his reputation into everything he feared in life.
Essay Topic 2
Describe in detail the three rituals of a wedding engagement for the Ibo people: the bride price, the delivery of the palm-wine, and the confession. Give a detailed summary of each ceremony.
Essay Topic 3
The missionaries in Mbanta ask the rulers for a plot of land on which to build a church. The elders decide to give the missionaries a piece of land in the Evil Forest.
1) What is the significance of this decision?
2) What do the elders expect the outcome to be?
3) Relate what happened when the missionaries accepted the land.
4) What impact did final result have on the people of Mbanta?
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