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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why doesn't Okonkwo have any patience with his father?
(a) Unkona spoils his wife and children, providing them with too much food and money.
(b) Unoka is lazy, a debtor, and a failure.
(c) Unkona is overly ambitious and driven to earn the highest titles in the land.
(d) Unkona is a great warrior who is always away at war.

3. During the rainy season, how do the people of the village pass the time?
(a) They prepare yam seeds for next year's fields.
(b) They spent time in the hut, listening to flute music, weaving baskets, and sleeping.
(c) In each hut, children sit by their mother's cooking fire and tell stories, or sit with their father, roasting and eating maize.
(d) They spend many hours praying to the gods for a bountiful harvest.

4. What are the things that Okonkwo fears most?
(a) Forces of nature.
(b) Evil and capricious gods.
(c) The forest and magic.
(d) Failure, weakness, and himself.

5. Okonkwo is very prosperous, owning a large compound with many huts, and an abundance of food. Ikemefuna is given to Okonkwo to live with him until the clan decides Ikemefuna's fate. How does Ikemefuna react to living with Okonkwo?
(a) He is pleased to be living with such a powerful, wealthy man.
(b) He is thankful that he will never be hungry living with Okonkwo, his three wives, and eight children.
(c) He hopes to learn how to become a great farmer and warrior from Okonkwo.
(d) He is afraid and does not understand the circumstances.

Short Answer Questions

1. Every man learns the language of the ekwe. How does the wooden instrument let the people know exactly who has died?

2. What is a man who holds the ozo title forbidden to do?

3. Why does Nwakibie trust Okonkwo to farm his yam seeds?

4. How does Ikemenfuna feel after three weeks of illness?

5. How does Okonkwo react to the disastrous growing season that destroy all his yams and the yams of his people?

(see the answer key)

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