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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does every man and his family do after the Week of Peace?
(a) Plays flutes, dances and sings before planting the crops.
(b) Gathers in the marketplace to visit with neighbors.
(c) Has a feast to celebrate with each other.
(d) Cuts bush to make new farms, burns the bush and flies kites over the burning fields.

2. How long is Ikemenfuna in Okonkwo's care?
(a) Two days
(b) Twelve years
(c) Three years
(d) Three months

3. Who is the first man Okonkwo works for as a share-cropper ?
(a) Agbala
(b) Nwakibie
(c) Okoye
(d) Ogbuefi Udo

4. Why does Unkona's neighbor, Okoye, visit him?
(a) To talk about music.
(b) To collect a two-year-old debt of two hundred cowries.
(c) To share kola nuts with Unkona.
(d) To pray with Unkona for life, health, and protection from enemies.

5. Nwoye's mother calls Ezinma "Ezigbo" when she brings the fire to Nwoye's mother's hut. What does "Ezigbo" mean?
(a) Good girl
(b) Good work
(c) The good one
(d) Helpful child

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. Why is the big, ancient silk-cotton tree in the playground considered sacred?

3. What are the women's duties after the yams are planted?

4. What is the custom in the village of Obodoani if a man dies during the Week of Peace?

5. Which of the spectators of the wrestling match are allowed to sit around the huge circle of the wrestling ring?

(see the answer key)

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