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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the shameful death Unoka endures?
(a) Dying of the abomination of swollen stomach and limbs, never to be buried in the earth.
(b) Drowning in his own vomit after too much palm-wine.
(c) Starvation due to his many failed crops.
(d) Beheading because of his many unpaid debts.

2. Anasi is Nwakibie's first wife, which makes her the ruler over the other wives of Nwakibie. She is the only wife who can wear her husband's titles. Where are the titles worn on Anasi?
(a) On a necklace.
(b) In a hair piece.
(c) Tattooed on her upper arm.
(d) On an anklet.

3. What is the only way a young man can build a barn of his own if his father has no yams?
(a) Planting coco-yams.
(b) Share-cropping.
(c) Saving his money to buy seeds.
(d) Going to his mother and his father's wives for help.

4. How does Okonkwo react to the disastrous growing season that destroy all his yams and the yams of his people?
(a) His heart is broken from the loss of his crop, leaving him depressed and suicidal.
(b) He cries and sinks into despair.
(c) He feels he can survive anything, since he has survived this disastrous year.
(d) He gives up being a farmer, and begins looking for a new trade.

5. What is the final ceremony, Amikwu, Uchendu's youngest son, has to perform before getting married?
(a) Kwenu--shouts of approval
(b) Uri--the ceremony of wine bringing
(c) Umuada--the gathering of daughters
(d) Isa-ife--the ceremony of confession

Short Answer Questions

1. Ekwefi awakes Okonkwo early in the morning pounding on his door. What is she anxious to tell him?

2. What question does Njide, the eldest sister of Uchendu, ask of her brother's bride during the isa-ife?

3. What does Okonkwo bring back from the bush while Ezinma lays sick in Ekwefi's hut?

4. Where does Obierika send one of his relatives to get a fat goat to give to his in-laws during the uri?

5. Where does Okonkwo bring his family after being banished from his village?

(see the answer key)

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