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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the missionaries tell the Mbanta people about their gods?
(a) They are mythical, friendly gods but are not real.
(b) They are gods of deceit who tell you to kill your fellows and destroy innocent children.
(c) They are wonderful, loving gods, but are not the one true God.
(d) The gods are true and should be sacrificed to for abundant crops.

2. Ezinma offers to bring Okonkwo's chair to the wrestling match for him. Why did he refuse his daughter's offer?
(a) Carrying the chair is a boy's job.
(b) He will be busy with preparing the wrestlers for the match and wouldn't need the chair.
(c) Men prefer to stand during the wrestling match.
(d) Only grown women carry their husband's chairs.

3. Who is the priestess of Agbala, the Oracle of the Hills and the Caves, in real life?
(a) Ekwefi, the second wife of Okonkwo
(b) Chielo, a widow with two children
(c) Noywe's mother
(d) Anasi, Okonkwo's first wife

4. When the missionaries ask the rulers of Mbanta for land to build their church, what do the rulers give them?
(a) The
(b) An uncleared piece of land in the forest
(c) The best plot of land in the village
(d) A rocky, barren piece of land in the hills

5. How is Okonkwo going to thank his mother's people for helping him during his seven years in exile?
(a) He is going to give the elders a bag of cowries.
(b) He is going to leave behind one of his wives to work for the rulers and elders.
(c) He is going to distribute all his yam seeds to the people.
(d) He is going to have a great feast.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do all the women abandon preparing the food for the uri and rush off to the Obierika's crop field?

2. What does the priestess do when she brings Ezinma out of Agbala's cave?

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

4. How is the weather during the first growing season that Okonkwo starts share-cropping for Nwakibie?

5. Nwoye's mother calls Ezinma "Ezigbo" when she brings the fire to Nwoye's mother's hut. What does "Ezigbo" mean?

(see the answer key)

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