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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As the drums sound and the flutes blast, what appears out of the egwugwu house?
(a) The Oracle of the Hills and the Caves
(b) The priestess
(c) The spirits of the ancestors emerge, followed by nine egwugwu, the masked spirits of the nine villages
(d) The medicine man

2. Okonkwo ate his wive's meals, and his wives and children are their supper. What is the next thing his wives and children do?
(a) The wives wash their hair and their children's hair
(b) Sing and told folk stories
(c) Review the events of the day
(d) Wash the children and get them ready for bed

3. What is the decision of the egwugwu after hearing the case for Mgbafo's family against Uzowulu?
(a) The bride-price is not to be paid back to Uzowulu.
(b) Uzowulu is warned never to beat a woman again or he will be mutilated.
(c) The bride-price is to be returned to Uzowulu.
(d) Uzowulu is to bring a pot of wine to Mgbafo's family and beg that his wife be returned to him. Mgbafo's family is to return her to Uzowulu when he brings the wine to them.

4. The punishment for breaking the sacred peace changes through the years. What happened to a man that broke the Week of Peace in the past?
(a) He was tied in the village marketplace and each member of the clan spat on him.
(b) He was hanged in the marketplace for all to see.
(c) He was dragged on the ground through the village until dead.
(d) He was exiled from Umuofia, considered to be dead to all the clan.

5. What is the name all children of the clan except Ezinma call their mothers?
(a) Jifida
(b) Nne
(c) Efulefu
(d) Obi

Short Answer Questions

1. What does every man and his family do after the Week of Peace?

2. As Ekwefi and Okonkwo wait outside of Agbala's cave for Ezinma's return, what does Ekwefi think about?

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

4. Ekwefi awakes Okonkwo early in the morning pounding on his door. What is she anxious to tell him?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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