|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the nickname of kotma, the court messengers who guard the prison which holds people who break the white man's law?
(a) Slime of the earth
(b) Dead locusts
(c) Betrayers of the people
(d) Ashy-buttocks
2. Okonkwo does not fear war. In the last war he fought, he brought home a souvenir which he drank palm-wine out of. What is this souvenir?
(a) A colorful, clay pot.
(b) A human head.
(c) A woven, bamboo basket.
(d) A goatskin flask.
3. How does Ekwefi and Ezinma harvest the cassava for the feast?
(a) The shake the tree, and the cassava fall to the ground.
(b) They pick the cassava off the tops of the trees.
(c) They cut the cassava off the trees with machetes.
(d) They shake every tree with a long stick, bend down to cut the stem, and dig out the tuber.
4. 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) A bundle of medicinal plants, grasses, leaves, roots and barks.
(d) 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.
5. Why do all the women abandon preparing the food for the uri and rush off to the Obierika's crop field?
(a) There is a cow loose in the field eating the crops and the women have to catch it.
(b) A neighbor's child went to the field and started picking the crops.
(c) A fire broke out in the field and the women have to stomp it out.
(d) The locusts landed on the crops and have to be brushed off the leaves.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is the priestess of Agbala, the Oracle of the Hills and the Caves, in real life?
2. What does the oldest member of the clan say is the reason for gathering for Okonkwo's feast?
3. What is the tragedy that takes place during the final burial rites for Ezeudu while the cannon is shot and guns fired?
4. What does Uchendu tell Okonkw his duty was?
5. What is the one passion that rules Okonkwo's life?
|
This section contains 523 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) |
|



