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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 first thing Okonkwo plans to do when he returns to his clan?
(a) Rebuild his compound better than it was before
(b) Go to each neighboring hut, apologizing for the past
(c) Move in with a neighbor until he could rebuild
(d) Have his wives cook meals for the village

2. During the rainy season, how do the people of the village pass the time?
(a) They spent time in the hut, listening to flute music, weaving baskets, and sleeping.
(b) They spend many hours praying to the gods for a bountiful harvest.
(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 prepare yam seeds for next year's fields.

3. How many pots of wine do Obierika's in-laws brink to his home for the uri?
(a) Twenty
(b) None
(c) Fifty
(d) Twenty-five

4. How many men are in each of the two teams of wrestlers who face each other in the wrestling ring?
(a) Five men on each side
(b) Twelve men on each side
(c) Nine men on each side
(d) Six men on each side

5. What is used to inform all the men of the Umuofia to meet in the market place the following morning?
(a) A group of armed warriors.
(b) The town crier beating on his hollow, metal ogene.
(c) A choir of people singing the message.
(d) The beating of drums in the night.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nwoye do after his father, Okonkwo, beats him for being with the missionaries?

2. What does Okonkwo hope his sons will be initiated into when his family returns from exile?

3. What does the priestess do when she brings Ezinma out of Agbala's cave?

4. Okonkwo and the men of Umuofia take Ikemefuna deep into the forest and kill him with machetes. Who gives the final thrust of the machete that ends Ikemefuna's life?

5. Ezinma offers to bring Okonkwo's chair to the wrestling match for him. Why did he refuse his daughter's offer?

(see the answer key)

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