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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who is the first man Okonkwo works for as a share-cropper ?
(a) Agbala
(b) Ogbuefi Udo
(c) Nwakibie
(d) Okoye
2. Who is the priestess of Agbala, the Oracle of the Hills and the Caves, in real life?
(a) Noywe's mother
(b) Anasi, Okonkwo's first wife
(c) Ekwefi, the second wife of Okonkwo
(d) Chielo, a widow with two children
3. What are the crops that are considered women's crops by the people of Umuofia?
(a) Yams, kola nuts, greens
(b) Coco-yams, beans, cassava
(c) Gourds, bananas, oil bean
(d) Palms, bitter-leaf, foo foo
4. Nwoye's mother calls Ezinma "Ezigbo" when she brings the fire to Nwoye's mother's hut. What does "Ezigbo" mean?
(a) Helpful child
(b) The good one
(c) Good work
(d) Good girl
5. Why do men and women look forward to the Feast of the New Yam?
(a) It is a feast of yam stew made from all the leftover yams of the past harvest, which is divided among all the people.
(b) It is the beginning of the season of plenty--the new year. It begins with huge quantities of fresh yams, yam foo foo and vegetable soup.
(c) The men and women cook and feed each other the yams from the previous harvest so that no food will be wasted.
(d) It is a festival of dancing around the new yams of the season and eating the rest of the old yams for the previous year.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the only way a young man can build a barn of his own if his father has no yams?
2. The first day of the new year is celebrated with feasting and fellowship. What takes place on the second day of the new year?
3. Ezinma tells her mother, Ekwefi, that her upper eyelid is twitching. What does Ekwefi tell Ezinma the significance of the twitch is?
4. What descends on the land of Okonkwo, darkens the sky, settles on the rooftops, and breaks mighty tree branches under them?
5. Okonkwo is very prosperous, owning a large compound with many huts, and an abundance of food. Ikemefuna is given to Okonkwo to live with him until the clan decides Ikemefuna's fate. How does Ikemefuna react to living with Okonkwo?
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