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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does eighteen-year-old, Okonkwo, bring honor to his village?
(a) He has a barn full of yams.
(b) He plays his flute in the village after the harvest.
(c) He has no patience with unsuccessful men.
(d) He throws the great wrestler, Amalinze the Cat.

2. Who is the priestess of Agbala, the Oracle of the Hills and the Caves, in real life?
(a) Ekwefi, the second wife of Okonkwo
(b) Noywe's mother
(c) Anasi, Okonkwo's first wife
(d) Chielo, a widow with two children

3. What is the name of the man that the ekwe announces to Umuofia?
(a) Ezeudu
(b) Maduka
(c) Obierika
(d) Uzowulu

4. What does Okonkwo send to Obierika as he enters his final year of exile?
(a) Money to build a obi for Okonkwo for when he and his family return
(b) Four hundred yam seeds to sow in Okonkwo's old field, so he and his family will have food when they returned from exile
(c) bag of cowries to repay Obierika for the money he gave him through the years
(d) Money to build two huts on Okonkwo's old compound where he and his family will live until he builds more

5. Why does Unkona change the subject to music when he and Oybe are discussing the impending war with the village of Mbaino?
(a) Unkona knows he would have to leave his family to fight in the war.
(b) Unkona is afraid to think about people of his village being hurt.
(c) Unkona wants to stay home to take care of his yam harvest.
(d) Unkona is a coward and can't stand the sight of blood.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What question does Njide, the eldest sister of Uchendu, ask of her brother's bride during the isa-ife?

3. Where does Okonkwo bring his family after being banished from his village?

4. Why does Okoye need to collect a past debt from Unkona?

5. What is Okonkwo's popular nickname?

(see the answer key)

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