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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Ezinma offers to bring Okonkwo's chair to the wrestling match for him. Why did he refuse his daughter's offer?
(a) Only grown women carry their husband's chairs.
(b) He will be busy with preparing the wrestlers for the match and wouldn't need the chair.
(c) Men prefer to stand during the wrestling match.
(d) Carrying the chair is a boy's job.

3. 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 exiled from Umuofia, considered to be dead to all the clan.
(b) He was dragged on the ground through the village until dead.
(c) He was hanged in the marketplace for all to see.
(d) He was tied in the village marketplace and each member of the clan spat on him.

4. The Ibo people consider conversation to be very important. What form of conversation do they regard the most highly?
(a) Orations
(b) Proverbs
(c) Rhyming
(d) Sarcasm

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?
(a) On a necklace.
(b) On an anklet.
(c) Tattooed on her upper arm.
(d) In a hair piece.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Okonkwo's punishment for committing a "nso-ani" during the Week of Peace?

2. When Aneto kills Oduche over a land dispute, what does the white man's government decide?

3. Who is Okonkwo's father?

4. What does Okonkwo bring back from the bush while Ezinma lays sick in Ekwefi's hut?

5. What are the things that Okonkwo fears most?

(see the answer key)

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