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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Why does Unkona change the subject to music when he and Oybe are discussing the impending war with the village of Mbaino?
(a) Unkona wants to stay home to take care of his yam harvest.
(b) Unkona is afraid to think about people of his village being hurt.
(c) Unkona knows he would have to leave his family to fight in the war.
(d) Unkona is a coward and can't stand the sight of blood.
2. What ultimatum is dispatched to Mbaino as a consequence of the murder of the woman from Umuofia?
(a) Delivery to Umuofia a year's worth of the yam harvest as a peace offering.
(b) Deliver the head of the murderer to the people of Umuofia.
(c) Choose between war or the offer of a young man and a virgin from Mbaino.
(d) The sacrificial offering of one of the daughters of Mbaino.
3. Ekwefi awakes Okonkwo early in the morning pounding on his door. What is she anxious to tell him?
(a) The yam fields are on fire.
(b) Nwoye's mother is sick and calling for him.
(c) Their daughter, Ezinma is sick and dying.
(d) All the men of the village are to meet in the marketplace immediately.
4. As the drums sound and the flutes blast, what appears out of the egwugwu house?
(a) The priestess
(b) The Oracle of the Hills and the Caves
(c) The spirits of the ancestors emerge, followed by nine egwugwu, the masked spirits of the nine villages
(d) The medicine man
5. 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) The good one
(d) Good work
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the festival that gives thanks to Ani, the earth goddess and source of fertility?
2. What is the name all children of the clan except Ezinma call their mothers?
3. Which men fight in the final wrestling match of the day?
4. Where does the powerful Oracle of the Hills, Agbala, live?
5. What is the agreed upon bride-price for Akueke?
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