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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 name of the boy who wins the wrestling match in the fifteen- to sixteen-year-old age group with a lightning fast move that was never seen before?
(a) Obierika
(b) Ikemefuna
(c) Maduka
(d) Nwoye

2. 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 Unoka sows his yams on exhausted land rather than making the effort to clear new land.
(b) That he should stay home and offer sacrifices to the gods.
(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.

3. What does Okonkwo bring back from the bush while Ezinma lays sick in Ekwefi's hut?
(a) Three small birds to offer as sacrifice to the gods, so Ezinma will get well.
(b) Bananas to mix with palm oil, forming a paste which Ezinma can eat easily. This will help keep up her strength.
(c) Soil from the bush to mix with water and form into mud which can be rubbed on Ezinma's body to bring down the fever.
(d) A bundle of medicinal plants, grasses, leaves, roots and barks.

4. What is the name all children of the clan except Ezinma call their mothers?
(a) Obi
(b) Efulefu
(c) Jifida
(d) Nne

5. Which of the spectators of the wrestling match are allowed to sit around the huge circle of the wrestling ring?
(a) The wrestlers waiting for their matches.
(b) The elders, grandees, a few early comers in the stands, and the drummers.
(c) Women and children.
(d) Pregnant women.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ekwefi make the medicine she hopes would cure Ezinma?

2. What does Okagbue, the medicine man, dig up from under the orange tree that makes the people of the village believe that Ezinma will live to adulthood?

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

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

5. What are the crops that are considered women's crops by the people of Umuofia?

(see the answer key)

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