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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How can an observer tell if a communal ceremony is only for the men of the village?
(a) There are no women present anywhere near the ceremony.
(b) The women gather away from the ceremony, and chat with one another.
(c) There are guards stationed around the communal ceremony, preventing the women from viewing.
(d) The titled men and elders sit on stools while the women look on from the fringe like outsiders.
2. Why do men and women look forward to the Feast of the New Yam?
(a) 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.
(b) It is a feast of yam stew made from all the leftover yams of the past harvest, which is divided among all the people.
(c) 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.
(d) The men and women cook and feed each other the yams from the previous harvest so that no food will be wasted.
3. What is the name of the god that the people of Umuofia believe is the creator of the all the world and the other gods?
(a) Yahweh
(b) Akunna
(c) Chukwu
(d) Enoch
4. 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
5. What does the ekwe, a hollowed out wooden instrument and the blast of the cannon signify to the nine villages of Umuofia?
(a) The death of a man
(b) The beginning of war
(c) The beginning of a festival
(d) The birth of a child
Short Answer Questions
1. Why is Okonkwo's twelve-year-old son, Nwoye, causing him great anxiety?
2. As the drums sound and the flutes blast, what appears out of the egwugwu house?
3. Why does Obierika tell Okonkwo that it is too late to fight the white man and drive him from the land?
4. Ezinma offers to bring Okonkwo's chair to the wrestling match for him. Why did he refuse his daughter's offer?
5. How does Ekwefi and Ezinma harvest the cassava for the feast?
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