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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 Unoka react when Okoye asks him to repay the two hundred cowries owed to him?
(a) He tells Okoye that he would be paid before anyone else.
(b) He offers kola nuts as repayment instead of money.
(c) He bursts out laughing.
(d) He promises to repay the money without delay.

2. How can an observer tell if a communal ceremony is only for the men of the village?
(a) The titled men and elders sit on stools while the women look on from the fringe like outsiders.
(b) There are guards stationed around the communal ceremony, preventing the women from viewing.
(c) The women gather away from the ceremony, and chat with one another.
(d) There are no women present anywhere near the ceremony.

3. Who is the first man Okonkwo works for as a share-cropper ?
(a) Nwakibie
(b) Okoye
(c) Ogbuefi Udo
(d) Agbala

4. What happens to twins born in Umuofia?
(a) They are considered good luck and raised by the priestess of the Oracle of the Hills and the Caves.
(b) They are revered as sacred above all other infants.
(c) They are placed in earthenware pots and thrown away in the forest.
(d) They are drowned.

5. What hopes does Okonkwo have for his son, Nwoye's , future?
(a) He hopes Nwoye would be a fair, just, and wise father and husband, showing kindness and love to his family.
(b) He wants Nwoye to be a talented musician, performing at all the festivals in the nine villages.
(c) He wants Nwoye to be a great warrior with many heroic victories to his name.
(d) He wants Nwoye to be prosperous, that he will have enough to feed the ancestors with regular sacrifices, and he will be able to rule his women and children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first trial's dispute set before Evil Forest and the egwugwu?

2. What does the Abame clan do to the first white man that comes to their village?

3. What are the crops that are considered women's crops by the people of Umuofia?

4. Obiageli, Nwoye's sister, comes home crying because her water pot is broken. How did her waterpot break?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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