Question 1

Why was Okonkwo famous?

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He was a well known, successful wrestler when he was young. As an adult, he was a wealthy farmer and strong wrestler.

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He could throw a spear farther than anyone else in the tribe

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He had the most wives and the most children, thus he had great prosperity.

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He was the only man in the village who had traveled more than one hundred miles away from the village.

Question 2

Which of the following statements does not describe Unoka?

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He was the best drummer in the clan.

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He was Okonkwo's father.

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He was lazy and improvident

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He constantly borrowed money that he did not repay.

Question 3

What is the setting of the beginning of the story?

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It takes place in Umuofia

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It takes place in Idemili

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It takes place in Amalinze

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It takes place in Okoye

Question 4

What influenced the decisions made in Umuofia?

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The oracle

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The harmattan

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The ogene

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The Ibo

Question 5

What was Okonkwo's greatest fear?

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That he would be like his father.

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That he would not have a good harvest of yams

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That Agbala would take his daughter.

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That the clan would go to war.

Question 6

What upset Okonkwo most about his son, Nwoye?

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Nwoye was lazy, not ambitious

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He looked like Okonkwo's father

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He was very belligerent.

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He was short, a sign of femininity

Question 7

What did Okonkwo bring home from his trip to Mbaino?

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A boy named Ikemefuna.

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a new wife

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a disease that rapidly spread through the village

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A new strain of yam seeds

Question 8

What unheard of thing did Okonkwo do during the Week of Peace?

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He beat his second wife.

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He killed a goat and ate the meat.

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He got into a fight with one of his neighbors.

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He drank wine

Question 9

What food stood for manliness, and was a sign of prosperity?

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yams

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coconuts

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plantains

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potatoes

Question 10

What did Okonkwo often say about Ezinma?

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It was a shame she wasn't a boy.

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She looked like her mother, his favorite wife.

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She would bring a good bride-price, marry a rich man.

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She was a spirit-being come to life.

Question 11

What unacceptable thing did Okonkwo do just before the Feast of the New Yam?

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He beat his second wife, Ekwefi, then fired his gun at her.

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He planted his new crop of yam seeds before the proper ceremonies were held.

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He got drunk in public.

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He ate yams, which was forbidden for a week before the festival.

Question 12

Who was Chielo, and why was she important?

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She was the priestess of Agbala, the Oracle of the Hills and the Caves.

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She was Okonkwo's mother, who was revered as the elder in his clan.

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She was the village matchmaker.

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She was the first wife of the man with the most titles in the clan, and had power over her husband's decisions.

Question 13

How did Okonkwo feel about Ikemefuna's influence on Nwoye?

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He was inwardly please, although he would not show it.

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He was displeased, and beat Ikemefuna.

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He was displeased, and ignored the two boys.

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He was indifferent.

Question 14

How did the villagers decide to kill Ikemefuna?

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They asked the oracle

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They gave him a choice between death and life-long slavery.  He chose death.

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they read palm leaves and interpreted them.

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they took a vote

Question 15

Who struck the last blow to Ikemefuna, and why?

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Okonkwo did, because he was afraid of being thought weak.

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Ogbuefi Ezeudu did, because he was the oldest man in the village.

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Obierika did, because he wanted to save Okonkwo from the agony.

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Nwoye did to please his father.

Question 16

What did Okonkwo tell himself about his part in Ikemefuna's death?

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He told himself the boy didn't matter, since he was not from his clan.

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He was proud of himself.  He thought it increased his prestige in the clan.

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He said he was becoming a woman, and deserved to die.

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He knew he was wrong, and promised to make it up to the boy's spirit by making offerings to the Oracle.

Question 17

The men began discussing rumors about white men.  Who did the men think the white men were?

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lepers

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spirits

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spies from a neighboring village

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travelers from another part of Africa

Question 18

Who wanted Ezinma to see Agbala?

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Chielo

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Nwoye

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Obierika

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Okonkwo's wives

Question 19

What did Ekwefi do when Ezinma was taken to see Agbala?

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She followed them to the cave of Agbala.

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She got hysterical and had to be tied down by the other wives.

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She stayed home and made sacrifices at her personal alter.

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She went to sleep, because she was not worried.

Question 20

What did Okonkwo do when Ezinma was taken to see Agbala?

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He followed them with his machete.

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He got drunk.

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He roused the other men to follow after Ezinma and her guardian.

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He carried Ezinma

Question 21

Which did not happen during Ezeudu's funeral?

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The men and boys had wrestling matches

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There was a lot of shouting.

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The men beat drums.

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The men fired their guns.

Question 22

How did Okonkwo kill the boy?

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He accidentally shot him.

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He accidentally killed him with his machete.

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He deliberately poisoned the boy.

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He choked to death on purpose, to demonstrate his manhood.

Question 23

What was the result of Okonkwo's action?

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He and his family were forced to leave the clan for seven years.

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He had to pay the boy's family half of his wealth.

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He was sent into the Evil Forest to live for one week.  If he survived, he was allowed to return to the clan.

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He had to give two of his sons to the boy's family.

Question 24

Why did the men from Ezeudu's quarter demolish Okonkwo's houses and barn, and kill his animals?

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They were cleansing the land which Okonkwo had polluted.

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They were drunk and were seeking revenge.

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The oracle told them to do it.

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They were permitted by law to do anything they wanted short of killing Okonkwo and his family.

Question 25

Where did Okonkwo take his family to live?

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to live with his mother's people

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He took them to live in the wilderness between his village and the next.

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He sent his wives back to their own villages and he went to live with a friend.

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to live with his father's people

Question 26

Uchendu talked to Okonkwo about the Mother Supreme.  Which of the following was not one of the points he made?

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He He said this was Okonkwo's chance to start over where no one would compare him to his father.

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He told Okonkwo not to refuse comfort inhis mother's homeland, or he would displease the dead.

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He said Okonkwo owed it to his family to comfort and support them.

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He wanted Okonkwo to realize that his despair, comparatively, was not that great.

Question 27

Who came to visit Okonkwo during the second year of exile, and why?

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Obierika came to bring Okonkwo news of the village and money from the yam crop he was tending until Okonkwo returned home.

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Ojiugo's parents came to bring them gifts.

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Chielo came to bless them and check on Ezinma's health.

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Eezeudu's clansmen came to make sure Okonkwo was still in exile.

Question 28

Why was the village of Abame destroyed?

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The elders killed a white man who had come into the town, and other white men destroyed the village in retribution.

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There had been a bad outbreak of iba.  The village elders decided the town had to be burned down in order to save the surrounding villages.

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There had been an uprising between two families.  It got out of hand, and they destroyed each other and everyone else in the process.

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The other villages were jealous of their wealth, so they killed the people and stole the money and property.

Question 29

Who had Obierika found among the missionaries?

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Okonkwo's son, Nwoye

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Okonkwo's youngest wife and her children.

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Uchendu

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his son Maduka

Question 30

What was the iron horse?

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a bicycle

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the new railroad that the whites were building with slave labor.

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a walking stick made of aluminum

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an automobile

Question 31

Where did the villagers allow the missionaries to build their church, and why?

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In the Evil Forest, because the clan believed the missionaries would not survive there.

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In the center of the village, because the clan realized how important the church was to their survival.

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In the village market, because that's where everyone gathered together.

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In Okonkwo's old compound to ward off the evil spirits.

Question 32

What group was admitted to the Christian church and became strong followers?

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the osu

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the egwugwu

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the women and children

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the efulefu

Question 33

What sacred animal was allegedly killed by one of the newly converted Christians?

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the python

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the chicken

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the goat

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the cow

Question 34

What did Okonkwo do before he left Mbanta when his exile was ended?

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He held a great feat to thank his mother's kinsmen for their hospitality

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He gave all of his belongings to he mother's family

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he went to pray at his mother's grave

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He burned down his compound

Question 35

How did Okonkwo feel about his return to the clan?

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He knew that he had lost a lot of ground, but he was determined to return with a flourish, and regain the lost time.

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He realized that he preferred living with his mother's people.

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He was ashamed of what he had done, and just wanted to be left along.

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He was angry at them for sending him away, and wanted revenge.

Question 36

Which of the following was not one of the messages Okonkwo gave to his sons and daughters after Nwoye left the family?

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He asked all of his children to name heir firstborn after him.

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If his were going to be weak and follow Nwoye, they should do it while he was alive.

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If they turned against him after he died, he would return and break their necks.

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He asked his daughters to wait until they returned to Umuofia to marry.

Question 37

Which of the following was not one of the hanged that had come to Umuofia in the seven years that Okonkwo was in exile?

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The villages had to pay taxes to the white man.

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The white men had brought a government and built a court.

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The new prison was full of men who had broken the white man's law.

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The Christian church had many converts.

Question 38

Okonwo asked Obierika why the people had lost their power to fight.  What was Obierika's answer?

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The white man managed to divide the clans and they were falling apart.

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He said the white man's God was stronger than their Chukwo

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He said the chi of the villages was worn out.

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He said the white men had put an evil spell on the villages.

Question 39

How did Mr. Brown act to gain converts?

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He built a school and a hospital.

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He bribed them with money.

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He used a frontal attack

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He threatened to kill all of the children if the adults did not convert.

Question 40

What did Enoch do?

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He publicly unmasked one of the egwugwu, thus killing an ancestral spirit.

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He stole food from some of the women.

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He killed the sacred python

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He molested one of the young girls.

Question 41

What did the clan members do in retaliation?

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They destroyed the church and Enoch's compound.

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They killed Enoch

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They drove the Christians out of the village.

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They killed Mr. Smith and the Christians

Question 42

What was the result of the action taken by the egwugwu?

Accepted Answer

Okonkwo and five of the leaders were imprisoned.  The village of Umuofia was fined 200 bags of cowries.

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Mr. Smith became ill and returned to England.

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They were all hanged.

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The village was destroyed by the government's army.

Question 43

What event happened in the market place?

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Five court messengers came to stop the meeting.  Okonkwo decapitated one of them.

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The men decided to contact the other villages and make plan for war.

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The men of the village turned it over to the white men.

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The men of the village opened fire on the messengers and killed them all.

Question 44

What happened to Okonkwo?

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He hanged himself.

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He escaped into the Evil Forest.

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He finally accepted the white man's rule.

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He was taken prisoner.

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