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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Nine out of ten of Ekwefi's children die in infancy. After the second death, Okonkwo goes to the medicine man to find out why this is happening. What explanation does the diviner give?
(a) Ekwefi did not eat vegetable soup throughout her pregnancies.
(b) The child is an agbanje, a wicked child that enters the mother's womb to be born again.
(c) Ekwefi should just keep trying, and sooner or later a child would survive.
(d) Ekwefi is weak and should not become pregnant again.

4. What is Okonkwo's popular nickname?
(a) Raging Wrestler
(b) Roaring Flame
(c) Flaming Heart
(d) Living Legend

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the elders fear for the young people of the village?

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

3. Which of the spectators of the wrestling match are allowed to sit around the huge circle of the wrestling ring?

4. What does Okonkwo serve at the feast for all the umunna, the descendants of Okolo?

5. How can an observer tell if a communal ceremony is only for the men of the village?

(see the answer key)

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