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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the ekwe, a hollowed out wooden instrument and the blast of the cannon signify to the nine villages of Umuofia?
(a) The beginning of war
(b) The beginning of a festival
(c) The death of a man
(d) The birth of a child

2. What descends on the land of Okonkwo, darkens the sky, settles on the rooftops, and breaks mighty tree branches under them?
(a) A swarm of locusts
(b) The arrows of neighboring enemies
(c) The spirits of the clans ancestors
(d) A flock of vultures

3. How does Unoka react when Okoye asks him to repay the two hundred cowries owed to him?
(a) He offers kola nuts as repayment instead of money.
(b) He bursts out laughing.
(c) He tells Okoye that he would be paid before anyone else.
(d) He promises to repay the money without delay.

4. 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) Review the events of the day
(b) Sing and told folk stories
(c) Wash the children and get them ready for bed
(d) The wives wash their hair and their children's hair

5. The first day of the new year is celebrated with feasting and fellowship. What takes place on the second day of the new year?
(a) The gathering of all the village musicians for singing and dancing.
(b) The great wrestling match between Okonkwo's village and their neighbors.
(c) A gathering in the marketplace for the preparation of the new yams for planting.
(d) A play enacting the planting of yams put on by the children of all the villages in Umuofia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Okonkwo's punishment for killing Ezeudu's son?

2. What is the name of the first woman to join the Christian missionaries?

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

4. Where does Obierika send one of his relatives to get a fat goat to give to his in-laws during the uri?

5. 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?

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