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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 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 Unoka has offended the gods and that is why his crop fail.
(c) That he angers his ancestors and they plague his land.
(d) That he should stay home and offer sacrifices to the gods.

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

3. When is the only time that Unkona is not haggard and mournful?
(a) When providing food for his wife and children.
(b) After paying off his debts.
(c) When fighting for his village against the village of Mbaino.
(d) When drinking and playing his flute.

4. What is the one passion that rules Okonkwo's life?
(a) To obtain more wealth than anyone else in Umuofia.
(b) To be affluent in money, wives, and children.
(c) To make sure his barn was always filled with yams.
(d) To hate everything his father loved.

5. Who is the powerful orator that informs the ten thousand men of the emergency facing the nine villages of Umuofia?
(a) Ogbuefi Udo
(b) Nwoye
(c) Ogbuefi Ezeugo
(d) Okoye

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Under what circumstances will the people of Umuofia consult Agbala, the Oracle of the Hills and the Caves?

3. Okonkwo is very prosperous, owning a large compound with many huts, and an abundance of food. Ikemefuna is given to Okonkwo to live with him until the clan decides Ikemefuna's fate. How does Ikemefuna react to living with Okonkwo?

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

5. While talking with Okoye about the war, Unkona changes the subject to which topic?

(see the answer key)

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