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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Okonkwo is angry and cannot speak because of his stutter, how does he get his point across?
(a) Uses his fists against the person who angers him.
(b) Takes a deep breath and gets control of himself.
(c) Uses hand motions to relay his message.
(d) Walks away, returning when he is calmer.

2. Who is the powerful orator that informs the ten thousand men of the emergency facing the nine villages of Umuofia?
(a) Ogbuefi Udo
(b) Nwoye
(c) Ogbuefi Ezeugo
(d) Okoye

3. What is the festival that gives thanks to Ani, the earth goddess and source of fertility?
(a) The New Yam Festival
(b) The Mother of the Earth Festival
(c) The Yam Harvest Festival
(d) The Seeds of Life Festival

4. Ezinma tells her mother, Ekwefi, that her upper eyelid is twitching. What does Ekwefi tell Ezinma the significance of the twitch is?
(a) It means Ezinma will see something.
(b) It means Ezinma is going to cry.
(c) It means Ezinma will have many children.
(d) It means the rains will come early this year.

5. What is the one passion that rules Okonkwo's life?
(a) To be affluent in money, wives, and children.
(b) To make sure his barn was always filled with yams.
(c) To hate everything his father loved.
(d) To obtain more wealth than anyone else in Umuofia.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is Ikemenfuna in Okonkwo's care?

2. What is the only way a young man can build a barn of his own if his father has no yams?

3. Why is Okonkwo considered one of the greatest men of his time?

4. Where does the powerful Oracle of the Hills, Agbala, live?

5. Why do the people of Umuofia observe the Week of Peace?

(see the answer key)

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