How does 18 year old Okonkwo bring honor to his village?

• He has a barn full of yams.
• He plays his flute in the village after the harvest.
• He throws the great wrestler, Amalinze "the Cat".
• He has no patience with unsuccessful men.

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Why does Unoka's neighbor, Okoye, visit him?

• To pray with Unoka for life, health, and protection from enemies.
• To share kola nuts with Unoka.
• To collect a two-year-old debt of 200 cowries.
• To talk about music.

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Why does Unoka change the subject to music when he and Oybe are discussing the impending war with the village of Mbaino?

• Unoka is a coward and can't stand the sight of blood.
• Unoka wants to stay home to take care of his yams.
• Unoka is afraid to think about people of his village being hurt.
• Unoka knows he would have to leave his family to fight in the war.

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Why does Okoye need to collect a past debt from Unoka?

• Okoye needs money to help him overcome his failures.
• To help pay for the expensive Idemili title ceremony.
• To buy yams for his three wives.
• To buy a new ogene, the musical instrument Okoye plays.

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What do the people of Umuofia fear in the night?

• Rogue warriors from Mbaino.
• Evil spirits, dangerous animals, and snakes.
• Bandits in search of money and food.
• Kidnappers looking for children to sell as slaves.

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Why is Okonkwo's 12 year old son, Nwoye, causing him great anxiety?

• Okonkwo is jealous of his son's growing strength.
• Okonkwo believes his son to be lazy.
• Nwoye is a wild, unruly boy
• Nwoye complains about having to work in the fields from dawn to dusk

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Who is the first man Okonkwo works for as a share-cropper?

• Nwakibie
• Ogbuefi Udo
• Okoye
• Agbala

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Why does Okonkwo insult Osugo as a meeting by calling him a woman?

• Osugo is making womanly hand gestures.
• Osugo is complaining and whining.
• Osugo has no titles and contradicts what Okonkwo had been saying.
• Osugo is talking in a feminine voice.

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The punishment for breaking the sacred peace changes throughout the years. What happened to a man that broke the Week of Peace in the past?

• He was hung in the marketplace for all to see.
• He was tied in the village marketplace and each member of the clan spat on him.
• He was exiled from Umuofia, considered to be dead to all the clan.
• He was dragged on the ground through the village until dead.

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What is the significance of the beating of drums in the village playground, the ilo, where all the great ceremonies and dances of the village take place?

• The drums beat as each wrestler is thrown to the ground.
• The beating drums announce that there is a winner in the wrestling match.
• The beating of the drums means that the wrestling match will begin at noon.
• The drums play the wrestling dance in preparation for the wrestling match at sundown.

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