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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the god that the people of Umuofia believe is the creator of the all the world and the other gods?
(a) Yahweh
(b) Enoch
(c) Chukwu
(d) Akunna

2. Ekwefi awakes Okonkwo early in the morning pounding on his door. What is she anxious to tell him?
(a) The yam fields are on fire.
(b) All the men of the village are to meet in the marketplace immediately.
(c) Their daughter, Ezinma is sick and dying.
(d) Nwoye's mother is sick and calling for him.

3. What does Ekwefi do after Chielo carries Ezinma away on her back?
(a) She runs into her hut in despair.
(b) She screams at Okonkwo to go bring Ezinma back.
(c) She follows Chielo.
(d) She runs to the other wives for solace.

4. What is the only way a young man can build a barn of his own if his father has no yams?
(a) Share-cropping.
(b) Planting coco-yams.
(c) Saving his money to buy seeds.
(d) Going to his mother and his father's wives for help.

5. What is Okonkwo afraid will happen to his male children after he dies?
(a) They will be killed by neighboring enemies.
(b) They will never go back to their homeland again.
(c) They will forget the lessons Okonkwo taught them.
(d) They will follow in Nwoye's footsteps and abandon the gods of their ancestors.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is called the Crystal of Beauty in Mbanta, growing into a healthy, buoyant young woman?

4. What is an osu?

5. What does Okonkwo mourn when he returns to his clan?

(see the answer key)

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