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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Okonkwo react to the disastrous growing season that destroy all his yams and the yams of his people?
(a) He cries and sinks into despair.
(b) He feels he can survive anything, since he has survived this disastrous year.
(c) He gives up being a farmer, and begins looking for a new trade.
(d) His heart is broken from the loss of his crop, leaving him depressed and suicidal.

5. Why do the people of Umuofia observe the Week of Peace?
(a) It is a time to set aside differences with families and neighbors, forgiving them for past offenses.
(b) It is a week of happy celebration, dancing, and feasting with everyone in the village. It creates a peaceful, cooperative atmosphere that is supposed to last throughout the year.
(c) Their forefather's ordained that before they planted any crops, they have to observe a week where it is forbidden to say a harsh word to a neighbor. This honors the god of the earth, so that the crops will grow.
(d) It is a time for families to develop bonds of love and understanding, making their relationships strong.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Obiageli, Nwoye's sister, comes home crying because her water pot is broken. How did her waterpot break?

3. How many men are in each of the two teams of wrestlers who face each other in the wrestling ring?

4. What does Okonkwo bring with him to share with the wealthy Nwakibie and his family before asking for yam seeds and share cropping privileges?

5. Okonkwo and the men of Umuofia take Ikemefuna deep into the forest and kill him with machetes. Who gives the final thrust of the machete that ends Ikemefuna's life?

(see the answer key)

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