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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 emergency that the great orator announces at the meeting in the marketplace?
(a) The warriors of Mbaino raid one of the villages of Umuofia.
(b) The powerful medicine woman of Umuofia dies during the night.
(c) The yam harvest of one of the village celebrities is stolen from his barn.
(d) The wife of Ogbuefi Udo is murdered in Mbaino when she goes to market.

2. What is the first thing Mr. Kiaga orders the outcasts to do if they want to remain in the new religion?
(a) Go to the village and proclaim their faith
(b) Kneel before the cross and pray to be accepted
(c) Shave off their long tangled hair
(d) Return to their special area of the village and never return

3. Why do the elders fear for the young people of the village?
(a) They follow the old ways instead of the new religion.
(b) They do not understand the bond of kinship.
(c) They are poor farmers.
(d) They are unwilling to hunt.

4. What is the final ceremony, Amikwu, Uchendu's youngest son, has to perform before getting married?
(a) Isa-ife--the ceremony of confession
(b) Umuada--the gathering of daughters
(c) Kwenu--shouts of approval
(d) Uri--the ceremony of wine bringing

5. What does the law state in Umuofia if a woman runs away from her husband?
(a) She is to be killed and left unburied for the vultures and wild animals.
(b) She must be left in the forest to die.
(c) Her husband is allowed to go get her, dragging her back home by the hair.
(d) Her bride-price must be returned to the husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the oldest member of the clan say is the reason for gathering for Okonkwo's feast?

2. What is the first thing Okonkwo plans to do when he returns to his clan?

3. What happens in Umuofia the next time Obierika comes to visit Okonkwo, two years later?

4. Who appears in front of Ekwefi as she waits tearfully outside Agbala's cave?

5. How does Ekwefi and Ezinma harvest the cassava for the feast?

(see the answer key)

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