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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Under what circumstances will the people of Umuofia consult Agbala, the Oracle of the Hills and the Caves?
(a) To ask for a cure for a fatal disease.
(b) To ask for wealth, prosperity, and many newborn sons.
(c) When they are followed by misfortune, when they have a dispute with their neighbors, to see their futures, and to talk to the spirits.
(d) To find out if their wives are being faithful.

2. Okonkwo's friend, Obierika, is celebrating his daughter's uri. Why does this day put the entire neighborhood into a festive air?
(a) It is the day his daughtor's suitor brings the whole neighborhood to see the hut where he and his bride will be living.
(b) It is the day his daughter's suitor will pay the bride-price and everyone will celebrate.
(c) It is the day his daughter will practice for the wedding ceremony, followed by a celebration.
(d) It is the day when his daughter's suitor brings palm-wine to her parents and her entire group of kinsmen, umunna. Everyone is invited, but the central figures are the bride and her mother.

3. When Aneto kills Oduche over a land dispute, what does the white man's government decide?
(a) To whip Aneto
(b) To hang Aneto
(c) To imprison Aneto for life
(d) To exile Aneto and his family

4. What does the priestess do when she brings Ezinma out of Agbala's cave?
(a) She comes out of the cave and tells Okonkwo and Ekwefi that Agbala wants them to leave, or Ezinma will be sacrificed.
(b) She comes out of the cave alone, telling Okonkwo and Ekwefi that Ezinma has to remain in the cave for two days and nights.
(c) She comes out of the cave, giving Okonkwo and Ekwefi a lock of Ezinma's hair. She tells them to bury it in the yam field.
(d) She doesn't say a word to Okonkwo or Ekwefi, but carries Ezinma back to Okonkwo's compound and places Ezinma in bed.

5. What is the shameful death Unoka endures?
(a) Drowning in his own vomit after too much palm-wine.
(b) Dying of the abomination of swollen stomach and limbs, never to be buried in the earth.
(c) Starvation due to his many failed crops.
(d) Beheading because of his many unpaid debts.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is the big, ancient silk-cotton tree in the playground considered sacred?

3. When Okonkwo was a boy, his father, Unoka, consults Agbala, the Oracle of the Hills, about why his crops always fail.. What reply did the Oracle give?

4. Every man learns the language of the ekwe. How does the wooden instrument let the people know exactly who has died?

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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