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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Nwakibie trust Okonkwo to farm his yam seeds?
(a) He figures he can charge Okonkwo for the seeds with interest if the crop failed.
(b) He can tell by looking at Okonkwo that he is a hard worker, unlike many young men of the village.
(c) He always believs big, strong men are trustworthy.
(d) He asks other people of the village if Okonkwo can be trusted.

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

3. Ekwefi awakes Okonkwo early in the morning pounding on his door. What is she anxious to tell him?
(a) The yam fields are on fire.
(b) Nwoye's mother is sick and calling for him.
(c) Their daughter, Ezinma is sick and dying.
(d) All the men of the village are to meet in the marketplace immediately.

4. What are the traditional events when night falls and it is time to end Obierika's daughter's uri?
(a) The women gather all the pots, filling them with leftover food and give each guest a pot to take home.
(b) The leftover wine is divided into flasks for the guests to take home.
(c) The elders sit in a circle while singers sing each man's praise. Then the guest's rise to go and the bride is to leave with them for seven weeks.
(d) The singers sing a song of praise to Obierika for such a wonderful celebration.

5. How many pots of wine do Obierika's in-laws brink to his home for the uri?
(a) Twenty
(b) None
(c) Twenty-five
(d) Fifty

Short Answer Questions

1. Nine out of ten of Ekwefi's children die in infancy. After the second death, Okonkwo goes to the medicine man to find out why this is happening. What explanation does the diviner give?

2. How does Okonkwo react to the disastrous growing season that destroy all his yams and the yams of his people?

3. 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?

4. Which of the spectators of the wrestling match are allowed to sit around the huge circle of the wrestling ring?

5. Why is the big, ancient silk-cotton tree in the playground considered sacred?

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