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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many men are in each of the two teams of wrestlers who face each other in the wrestling ring?
(a) Six men on each side
(b) Nine men on each side
(c) Five men on each side
(d) Twelve men on each side

2. 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

3. What are the crops that are considered women's crops by the people of Umuofia?
(a) Palms, bitter-leaf, foo foo
(b) Yams, kola nuts, greens
(c) Gourds, bananas, oil bean
(d) Coco-yams, beans, cassava

4. 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

5. What is the festival that gives thanks to Ani, the earth goddess and source of fertility?
(a) The Seeds of Life Festival
(b) The New Yam Festival
(c) The Mother of the Earth Festival
(d) The Yam Harvest Festival

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Okonkwo's twelve-year-old son, Nwoye, causing him great anxiety?

2. Ezinma offers to bring Okonkwo's chair to the wrestling match for him. Why did he refuse his daughter's offer?

3. What is the one passion that rules Okonkwo's life?

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

5. What is the significance of the beating of drums in the village playground, the ilo, where all the great ceremonies and dances of the village take place?

(see the answer key)

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