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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ultimatum is dispatched to Mbaino as a consequence of the murder of the woman from Umuofia?
(a) The sacrificial offering of one of the daughters of Mbaino.
(b) Choose between war or the offer of a young man and a virgin from Mbaino.
(c) Deliver the head of the murderer to the people of Umuofia.
(d) Delivery to Umuofia a year's worth of the yam harvest as a peace offering.

2. What is the first trial's dispute set before Evil Forest and the egwugwu?
(a) The case of one man stealing yams from the barn of another.
(b) The case of a mother beating her child to death.
(c) The case of a man being murdered and left by the side of the road by his brother.
(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.

3. How does Okonkwo act for two days after Ikemefuna's death?
(a) He acts as if nothing has happened and continues his daily routines.
(b) He does not eat for two days, he drinks palm-wine from morning until night, he does not sleep, and he can't stop thinking about Ikemefuna.
(c) He works day and night to keep his mind occupied.
(d) He goes into the hills and offers a sacrifice to the gods, asking their forgiveness for taking part in Ikemfuna's death.

4. What is the tragedy that takes place during the final burial rites for Ezeudu while the cannon is shot and guns fired?
(a) Another elder of the clan dies in all the excitement.
(b) Ezeudu's sixteen-year-old son is shot in the arm.
(c) Ezeudu's wife stabs herself.
(d) Ezeudu's sixteen-year-old son is killed when Okonkwo's gun explodes.

5. What is the name of the first woman to join the Christian missionaries?
(a) Ezinma
(b) Nneka
(c) Nwoye's mother
(d) Ekwefi

Short Answer Questions

1. How many missionaries go to Mbanta?

2. What is the festival that gives thanks to Ani, the earth goddess and source of fertility?

3. Okonkwo of Umuofia is the emissary of war to Mbaino. What does Mbaino give him as an offering for the murder of the woman from Umuofia?

4. What happens to twins born in Umuofia?

5. While talking with Okoye about the war, Unkona changes the subject to which topic?

(see the answer key)

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