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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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?
(a) On a necklace.
(b) On an anklet.
(c) Tattooed on her upper arm.
(d) In a hair piece.

3. How does Okonkwo act for two days after Ikemefuna's death?
(a) He works day and night to keep his mind occupied.
(b) He goes into the hills and offers a sacrifice to the gods, asking their forgiveness for taking part in Ikemfuna's death.
(c) He does not eat for two days, he drinks palm-wine from morning until night, he does not sleep, and he can't stop thinking about Ikemefuna.
(d) He acts as if nothing has happened and continues his daily routines.

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

5. What is the agreed upon bride-price for Akueke?
(a) Twenty bags of cowries
(b) A she-goat, a hen, and ten cowries
(c) Ten woven baskets of yams
(d) Five bags of cowries and one hundred yam seeds

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the one passion that rules Okonkwo's life?

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

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

4. Who is the powerful orator that informs the ten thousand men of the emergency facing the nine villages of Umuofia?

5. What does Okonkwo bring back from the bush while Ezinma lays sick in Ekwefi's hut?

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