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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the powerful Oracle of the Hills, Agbala, live?
(a) In the treetops with all the climbing creatures of Umuofia.
(b) Through a round hole in the side of the hill leading to a dimly lit cave.
(c) In a large, handsomely endowed compound in the hills filled with the gifts from those asking for a consultation.
(d) Deep underground with the creatures of the soil, beneath the hills and all things that live above the ground.

2. 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 a coward and can't stand the sight of blood.
(b) Unkona knows he would have to leave his family to fight in the war.
(c) Unkona wants to stay home to take care of his yam harvest.
(d) Unkona is afraid to think about people of his village being hurt.

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

4. What is the emergency that the great orator announces at the meeting in the marketplace?
(a) The warriors of Mbaino raid one of the villages of Umuofia.
(b) The yam harvest of one of the village celebrities is stolen from his barn.
(c) The powerful medicine woman of Umuofia dies during the night.
(d) The wife of Ogbuefi Udo is murdered in Mbaino when she goes to market.

5. 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?
(a) That he should stay home and offer sacrifices to the gods.
(b) That Unoka sows his yams on exhausted land rather than making the effort to clear new land.
(c) That Unoka has offended the gods and that is why his crop fail.
(d) That he angers his ancestors and they plague his land.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Okonkwo react to the disastrous growing season that destroy all his yams and the yams of his people?

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

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

4. When Okonkwo is angry and cannot speak because of his stutter, how does he get his point across?

5. Okonkwo of Umuofia is the emissary of war to Mbaino. What does Mbaino give him as an offering for the murder of the woman from Umuofia?

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