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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the festival that gives thanks to Ani, the earth goddess and source of fertility?
(a) The Yam Harvest Festival
(b) The Mother of the Earth Festival
(c) The New Yam Festival
(d) The Seeds of Life Festival

2. The Ibo people consider conversation to be very important. What form of conversation do they regard the most highly?
(a) Orations
(b) Rhyming
(c) Sarcasm
(d) Proverbs

3. Why is Okonkwo considered one of the greatest men of his time?
(a) He has patience for all men, even unsuccessful ones.
(b) He is a sympathetic, loving father and husband.
(c) He is a wealthy farmer, the greatest wrestler, has a barn full of yams, and has three wives.
(d) He is the greatest flute player in the village.

4. Why does Okonkwo beat his second wife, Ojiugo, during the sacred Week of Peace?
(a) She is at a friend's house and does not prepare Okonkwo's afternoon meal.
(b) She cooks a meal that Okonkwo does not like.
(c) She is caught with another man.
(d) She disagrees with what Okonkwo has to say.

5. 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) The great wrestling match between Okonkwo's village and their neighbors.
(b) The gathering of all the village musicians for singing and dancing.
(c) A gathering in the marketplace for the preparation of the new yams for planting.
(d) A play enacting the planting of yams put on by the children of all the villages in Umuofia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is used to inform all the men of the Umuofia to meet in the market place the following morning?

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

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

4. What is the name of the boy who wins the wrestling match in the fifteen- to sixteen-year-old age group with a lightning fast move that was never seen before?

5. What is the shameful death Unoka endures?

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