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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What is the festival that gives thanks to Ani, the earth goddess and source of fertility?
(a) The Seeds of Life Festival
(b) The New Yam Festival
(c) The Mother of the Earth Festival
(d) The Yam Harvest Festival

3. Okonkwo does not fear war. In the last war he fought, he brought home a souvenir which he drank palm-wine out of. What is this souvenir?
(a) A colorful, clay pot.
(b) A woven, bamboo basket.
(c) A human head.
(d) A goatskin flask.

4. 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 beating of drums in the night.
(c) A choir of people singing the message.
(d) The town crier beating on his hollow, metal ogene.

5. What does Okonkwo vow to do after being released from the white man's prison?
(a) He vows to convert to Christianity.
(b) He vows to move away from Umuofia.
(c) He vows never to be a source of trouble again.
(d) He swears vengeance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the District Commissioner do three days after the destruction of the church?

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

3. Who is the white missionary that makes friends with great men of the clan and is presented with a carved elephant tusk?

4. Who is captivated by the message of the missionaries?

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

(see the answer key)

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