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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 colorful, clay pot.
(b) A human head.
(c) A goatskin flask.
(d) A woven, bamboo basket.

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 is afraid to think about people of his village being hurt.
(d) Unkona wants to stay home to take care of his yam harvest.

3. How does eighteen-year-old, Okonkwo, bring honor to his village?
(a) He has a barn full of yams.
(b) He has no patience with unsuccessful men.
(c) He plays his flute in the village after the harvest.
(d) He throws the great wrestler, Amalinze the Cat.

4. While talking with Okoye about the war, Unkona changes the subject to which topic?
(a) Farming
(b) Ancestral feasts
(c) Music
(d) Heavy rains

5. What is the only way a young man can build a barn of his own if his father has no yams?
(a) Share-cropping.
(b) Planting coco-yams.
(c) Going to his mother and his father's wives for help.
(d) Saving his money to buy seeds.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Why do men and women look forward to the Feast of the New Yam?

3. The Ibo people consider conversation to be very important. What form of conversation do they regard the most highly?

4. 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?

5. What ultimatum is dispatched to Mbaino as a consequence of the murder of the woman from Umuofia?

(see the answer key)

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