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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the two groups of people who stand facing the elders at the ceremonial trial?
(a) One group is the three oldest men from the village. The other group is their sons.
(b) One group is wrestlers from the nine villages, and the other group is judges.
(c) One group is Mgbafo and her three brothers. The other group is her husband, Uzowulu, and his relatives.
(d) One group is the twelve-year-old boys from the village. The other group is their fathers.

2. What is Nwoye's name changed to after he joins the Christians?
(a) Thomas
(b) James
(c) Luke
(d) Isaac

3. What does Nwoye do after his father, Okonkwo, beats him for being with the missionaries?
(a) He swears that he will never go near the missionary church again.
(b) He screams for his mother's help.
(c) He begs his father to stop beating him.
(d) He leaves his family to go the the Christian school in Umuofia.

4. What are the things that Okonkwo fears most?
(a) Evil and capricious gods.
(b) The forest and magic.
(c) Forces of nature.
(d) Failure, weakness, and himself.

5. As the drums sound and the flutes blast, what appears out of the egwugwu house?
(a) The medicine man
(b) The spirits of the ancestors emerge, followed by nine egwugwu, the masked spirits of the nine villages
(c) The Oracle of the Hills and the Caves
(d) The priestess

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Nwakibie trust Okonkwo to farm his yam seeds?

2. What does Okonkwo hope his sons will be initiated into when his family returns from exile?

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

4. How many pots of wine do Obierika's in-laws brink to his home for the uri?

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

(see the answer key)

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