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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does every man and his family do after the Week of Peace?
(a) Has a feast to celebrate with each other.
(b) Plays flutes, dances and sings before planting the crops.
(c) Gathers in the marketplace to visit with neighbors.
(d) Cuts bush to make new farms, burns the bush and flies kites over the burning fields.

2. What do the people of Umuofia fear in the night?
(a) Rogue warriors from Mbaino.
(b) Evil spirits, dangerous animals, and snakes.
(c) Kidnappers looking for children to sell as slaves.
(d) Bandits in search of money and food.

3. Why does Unkona change the subject to music when he and Oybe are discussing the impending war with the village of Mbaino?
(a) Unkona is afraid to think about people of his village being hurt.
(b) Unkona is a coward and can't stand the sight of blood.
(c) Unkona wants to stay home to take care of his yam harvest.
(d) Unkona knows he would have to leave his family to fight in the war.

4. Why does Unkona's neighbor, Okoye, visit him?
(a) To share kola nuts with Unkona.
(b) To talk about music.
(c) To pray with Unkona for life, health, and protection from enemies.
(d) To collect a two-year-old debt of two hundred cowries.

5. When Okonkwo is angry and cannot speak because of his stutter, how does he get his point across?
(a) Takes a deep breath and gets control of himself.
(b) Uses his fists against the person who angers him.
(c) Uses hand motions to relay his message.
(d) Walks away, returning when he is calmer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is Ikemenfuna in Okonkwo's care?

2. Anasi is Nwakibie's first wife, which makes her the ruler over the other wives of Nwakibie. She is the only wife who can wear her husband's titles. Where are the titles worn on Anasi?

3. What are the crops that are considered women's crops by the people of Umuofia?

4. What is the only way a young man can build a barn of his own if his father has no yams?

5. Why does Okoye need to collect a past debt from Unkona?

(see the answer key)

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