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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ekwefi and Ezinma harvest the cassava for the feast?
(a) They shake every tree with a long stick, bend down to cut the stem, and dig out the tuber.
(b) The shake the tree, and the cassava fall to the ground.
(c) They pick the cassava off the tops of the trees.
(d) They cut the cassava off the trees with machetes.

2. What is Okonkwo's punishment for killing Ezeudu's son?
(a) One of Okonkwo's sons is to be offered as sacrifice.
(b) All of Okonkwo's sons are to be executed.
(c) Beheading and disgrace.
(d) He and his wives and children have to flee the land.

3. Every man learns the language of the ekwe. How does the wooden instrument let the people know exactly who has died?
(a) First it announces the name of the clan, then it names the village, and finally it names the man.
(b) It announces the name of the man over and over again.
(c) It spells out the letters in the name.
(d) It only announces the name of the village.

4. How is Okonkwo going to thank his mother's people for helping him during his seven years in exile?
(a) He is going to have a great feast.
(b) He is going to give the elders a bag of cowries.
(c) He is going to leave behind one of his wives to work for the rulers and elders.
(d) He is going to distribute all his yam seeds to the people.

5. Why do the elders fear for the young people of the village?
(a) They are poor farmers.
(b) They do not understand the bond of kinship.
(c) They follow the old ways instead of the new religion.
(d) They are unwilling to hunt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can Ezeudu, the oldest man in his village, only be buried at night?

2. What hopes does Okonkwo have for his son, Nwoye's , future?

3. Okonkwo is sitting in his obi with Ikemefuna and Nwoye, eating dried locusts when Ogbuefi Ezeudu comes with a message. What is the message?

4. What is the tragedy that takes place during the final burial rites for Ezeudu while the cannon is shot and guns fired?

5. What does the oldest member of the clan say is the reason for gathering for Okonkwo's feast?

(see the answer key)

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