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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Under what circumstances will the people of Umuofia consult Agbala, the Oracle of the Hills and the Caves?
(a) To find out if their wives are being faithful.
(b) To ask for a cure for a fatal disease.
(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 ask for wealth, prosperity, and many newborn sons.

2. Okonkwo does not fear war. In the last war he fought, he brought home a souvenir which he drank palm-wine out of. What is this souvenir?
(a) A goatskin flask.
(b) A colorful, clay pot.
(c) A woven, bamboo basket.
(d) A human head.

3. Why does Okoye need to collect a past debt from Unkona?
(a) To buy a new ogene, the musical instrument Okoye played.
(b) Okoye needs money to help him overcome his failures.
(c) To help pay for the expensive Idemili title ceremony.
(d) To buy yams for his three wives.

4. The first day of the new year is celebrated with feasting and fellowship. What takes place on the second day of the new year?
(a) A gathering in the marketplace for the preparation of the new yams for planting.
(b) The gathering of all the village musicians for singing and dancing.
(c) A play enacting the planting of yams put on by the children of all the villages in Umuofia.
(d) The great wrestling match between Okonkwo's village and their neighbors.

5. Obiageli, Nwoye's sister, comes home crying because her water pot is broken. How did her waterpot break?
(a) She was showing off, swaying her waist and the pot fell.
(b) She was pushed by Nwoye's younger brother and fell with her pot, spilling the water and smashing the pot.
(c) She tripped over a stone in the pathway, and fell with her water pot.
(d) She overfilled the pot with water and was unable to carry the weight. The pot tipped and fell.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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 drives Okonkwo into a rage on the first day of the festival, leading him to beat his second wife, Ekwefi, and almost kill her with a gun?

4. How is the weather during the first growing season that Okonkwo starts share-cropping for Nwakibie?

5. Why does Unkona change the subject to music when he and Oybe are discussing the impending war with the village of Mbaino?

(see the answer key)

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