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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When Okonkwo is angry and cannot speak because of his stutter, how does he get his point across?
(a) Takes a deep breath and gets control of himself.
(b) Walks away, returning when he is calmer.
(c) Uses his fists against the person who angers him.
(d) Uses hand motions to relay his message.
2. During the rainy season, how do the people of the village pass the time?
(a) They spend many hours praying to the gods for a bountiful harvest.
(b) They prepare yam seeds for next year's fields.
(c) In each hut, children sit by their mother's cooking fire and tell stories, or sit with their father, roasting and eating maize.
(d) They spent time in the hut, listening to flute music, weaving baskets, and sleeping.
3. The punishment for breaking the sacred peace changes through the years. What happened to a man that broke the Week of Peace in the past?
(a) He was tied in the village marketplace and each member of the clan spat on him.
(b) He was hanged in the marketplace for all to see.
(c) He was dragged on the ground through the village until dead.
(d) He was exiled from Umuofia, considered to be dead to all the clan.
4. What are the crops that are considered women's crops by the people of Umuofia?
(a) Gourds, bananas, oil bean
(b) Yams, kola nuts, greens
(c) Palms, bitter-leaf, foo foo
(d) Coco-yams, beans, cassava
5. Who is the powerful orator that informs the ten thousand men of the emergency facing the nine villages of Umuofia?
(a) Nwoye
(b) Ogbuefi Udo
(c) Ogbuefi Ezeugo
(d) Okoye
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Nwoye's mother treat Ikemenfuna?
2. Who is Okonkwo's father?
3. Okonkwo is very prosperous, owning a large compound with many huts, and an abundance of food. Ikemefuna is given to Okonkwo to live with him until the clan decides Ikemefuna's fate. How does Ikemefuna react to living with Okonkwo?
4. While talking with Okoye about the war, Unkona changes the subject to which topic?
5. Why is Okonkwo's twelve-year-old son, Nwoye, causing him great anxiety?
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