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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Okonkwo was a boy, his father, Unoka, consults Agbala, the Oracle of the Hills, about why his crops always fail.. What reply did the Oracle give?
(a) That he should stay home and offer sacrifices to the gods.
(b) That Unoka sows his yams on exhausted land rather than making the effort to clear new land.
(c) That he angers his ancestors and they plague his land.
(d) That Unoka has offended the gods and that is why his crop fail.

2. Where does Obierika send one of his relatives to get a fat goat to give to his in-laws during the uri?
(a) The wonderful market in Umuike
(b) The goat farm in the village
(c) To the hills where wild goats roam free
(d) To a neighboring goat herder known for his fat goats

3. Who is the first man Okonkwo works for as a share-cropper ?
(a) Ogbuefi Udo
(b) Agbala
(c) Nwakibie
(d) Okoye

4. What does Okonkwo bring with him to share with the wealthy Nwakibie and his family before asking for yam seeds and share cropping privileges?
(a) Campfire wood, and a pot of soup.
(b) Goat's milk and eggs.
(c) Palm-wine, a cock, kola nut, and alligator pepper.
(d) A bamboo basket and a goatflask.

5. What are the crops that are considered women's crops by the people of Umuofia?
(a) Gourds, bananas, oil bean
(b) Coco-yams, beans, cassava
(c) Palms, bitter-leaf, foo foo
(d) Yams, kola nuts, greens

Short Answer Questions

1. Under what circumstances will the people of Umuofia consult Agbala, the Oracle of the Hills and the Caves?

2. What does Uchendu, the younger brother of Okonkwo's mother, give to Okonkwo after he comes looking for refuge?

3. What are the traditional events when night falls and it is time to end Obierika's daughter's uri?

4. What does the priestess do when she brings Ezinma out of Agbala's cave?

5. How many men are in each of the two teams of wrestlers who face each other in the wrestling ring?

(see the answer key)

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