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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Nine out of ten of Ekwefi's children die in infancy. After the second death, Okonkwo goes to the medicine man to find out why this is happening. What explanation does the diviner give?
(a) Ekwefi did not eat vegetable soup throughout her pregnancies.
(b) Ekwefi is weak and should not become pregnant again.
(c) Ekwefi should just keep trying, and sooner or later a child would survive.
(d) The child is an agbanje, a wicked child that enters the mother's womb to be born again.

2. After speaking with the elders of nine villages, what does Okonkwo tell Ikemefuna about what is going to happen to him?
(a) That he is free to go.
(b) That he is being killed.
(c) That he is going home.
(d) That he is being exiled.

3. What do the people of Umuofia fear in the night?
(a) Bandits in search of money and food.
(b) Rogue warriors from Mbaino.
(c) Kidnappers looking for children to sell as slaves.
(d) Evil spirits, dangerous animals, and snakes.

4. What are the women's duties after the yams are planted?
(a) They plant kola nuts between the yams, and weed the yams every day.
(b) They make meals for the men working in the fields.
(c) They make bamboo woven hats for the farmers working in the hot sun.
(d) They plant maize, melons, and beans between the mounds. They also weeded the farm three times per planting season.

5. What happens to twins born in Umuofia?
(a) They are placed in earthenware pots and thrown away in the forest.
(b) They are revered as sacred above all other infants.
(c) They are drowned.
(d) They are considered good luck and raised by the priestess of the Oracle of the Hills and the Caves.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ezinma, the daughter of Okonkwo's second wife, bring fire to Nwoye's mother's hut?

2. What are the crops that are considered women's crops by the people of Umuofia?

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

4. Why does Okoye need to collect a past debt from Unkona?

5. What is the decision of the egwugwu after hearing the case for Mgbafo's family against Uzowulu?

(see the answer key)

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