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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why doesn't Okonkwo have any patience with his father?
(a) Unoka is lazy, a debtor, and a failure.
(b) Unkona is a great warrior who is always away at war.
(c) Unkona spoils his wife and children, providing them with too much food and money.
(d) Unkona is overly ambitious and driven to earn the highest titles in the land.

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?
(a) That Unoka sows his yams on exhausted land rather than making the effort to clear new land.
(b) That he should stay home and offer sacrifices to the gods.
(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.

4. What does Okonkwo bring with him to share with the wealthy Nwakibie and his family before asking for yam seeds and share cropping privileges?
(a) A bamboo basket and a goatflask.
(b) Campfire wood, and a pot of soup.
(c) Palm-wine, a cock, kola nut, and alligator pepper.
(d) Goat's milk and eggs.

5. Who is Okonkwo's father?
(a) Ikemefuna
(b) Amalinze
(c) Okoye
(d) Unoka

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Okonkwo insult Osugo at a meeting by calling him a woman?

2. What do the people of Umuofia fear in the night?

3. 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?

4. Where does the powerful Oracle of the Hills, Agbala, live?

5. How does Unoka react when Okoye asks him to repay the two hundred cowries owed to him?

(see the answer key)

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