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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is used to inform all the men of the Umuofia to meet in the market place the following morning?
(a) A group of armed warriors.
(b) A choir of people singing the message.
(c) The town crier beating on his hollow, metal ogene.
(d) The beating of drums in the night.

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

3. Okonkwo of Umuofia is the emissary of war to Mbaino. What does Mbaino give him as an offering for the murder of the woman from Umuofia?
(a) A large monetary payment for the people of Umofia.
(b) A fifteen-year-old boy named Ikemefuna and a young virgin to replace the murdered woman.
(c) The wife of the murderer.
(d) One of Mbaino's most powerful warriors.

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

5. What does Okonkwo bring with him to share with the wealthy Nwakibie and his family before asking for yam seeds and share cropping privileges?
(a) Campfire wood, and a pot of soup.
(b) A bamboo basket and a goatflask.
(c) Palm-wine, a cock, kola nut, and alligator pepper.
(d) Goat's milk and eggs.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. How is the weather during the first growing season that Okonkwo starts share-cropping for Nwakibie?

3. What is the significance of the beating of drums in the village playground, the ilo, where all the great ceremonies and dances of the village take place?

4. Obierika's daughter, Akueke, is sixteen, just the right age for marrying. How does her suitor and his relatives determine if she is ripe for marriage?

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

(see the answer key)

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