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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does the law state in Umuofia if a woman runs away from her husband?
(a) Her bride-price must be returned to the husband.
(b) She is to be killed and left unburied for the vultures and wild animals.
(c) Her husband is allowed to go get her, dragging her back home by the hair.
(d) She must be left in the forest to die.

4. What is the first trial's dispute set before Evil Forest and the egwugwu?
(a) The case of a mother beating her child to death.
(b) The case of a man being murdered and left by the side of the road by his brother.
(c) The case of one man stealing yams from the barn of another.
(d) The case of Mgbafo running away from her husband, Uzowulu, because he beat her and caused her to miscarry. Mgbafo's relatives refuse to give him back the bride-price because he beats her.

5. What is Okonkwo's punishment for committing a "nso-ani" during the Week of Peace?
(a) Go to the shrine of Ani, fast for three days, and beg forgiveness for breaking the sacred peace.
(b) Bring a bamboo basket of yams, a flask of palm-wine and a hen to the shrine of Ani.
(c) Go to the shrine of Ani and confess his disrespectful behavior to the gods of the clan, remaining on his knees throughout a day and night.
(d) Bring a she-goat, one hen, a length of cloth, and a hundred cowries to the shrine of Ani.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why does Okonkwo insult Osugo at a meeting by calling him a woman?

4. What drives Okonkwo into a rage on the first day of the festival, leading him to beat his second wife, Ekwefi, and almost kill her with a gun?

5. Why do men and women look forward to the Feast of the New Yam?

(see the answer key)

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