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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Umuofia feared by all its neighbors?
(a) It is powerful in war and magic and has a strong war medicine called agadi-nwayi.
(b) The medicine woman curses all its enemies.
(c) It never tries to find a peaceful settlement before going to war.
(d) Umuofia goes to war whether the case is clear and just or not.

2. Why does Nwakibie trust Okonkwo to farm his yam seeds?
(a) He can tell by looking at Okonkwo that he is a hard worker, unlike many young men of the village.
(b) He always believs big, strong men are trustworthy.
(c) He asks other people of the village if Okonkwo can be trusted.
(d) He figures he can charge Okonkwo for the seeds with interest if the crop failed.

3. What is Okonkwo afraid will happen to his male children after he dies?
(a) They will never go back to their homeland again.
(b) They will be killed by neighboring enemies.
(c) They will follow in Nwoye's footsteps and abandon the gods of their ancestors.
(d) They will forget the lessons Okonkwo taught them.

4. Who is called the Crystal of Beauty in Mbanta, growing into a healthy, buoyant young woman?
(a) Ezinma
(b) Obiageli
(c) Ezigbo
(d) Chielo

5. How many pots of wine do Obierika's in-laws brink to his home for the uri?
(a) Twenty
(b) Twenty-five
(c) Fifty
(d) None

Short Answer Questions

1. How can an observer tell if a communal ceremony is only for the men of the village?

2. What does Okonkwo send to Obierika as he enters his final year of exile?

3. What is the final ceremony, Amikwu, Uchendu's youngest son, has to perform before getting married?

4. What drives Okonkwo into a rage on the first day of the festival, leading him to beat his second wife, Ekwefi, and almost kill her with a gun?

5. What does Nwoye do after his father, Okonkwo, beats him for being with the missionaries?

(see the answer key)

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