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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Obierika's daughter, Akueke, is sixteen, just the right age for marrying. How does her suitor and his relatives determine if she is ripe for marriage?
(a) They study her body, which is decorated and painted in the traditional way: cam oil, black patterns on the skin, black necklace, red and yellow bangles, and waist beads.
(b) They feel how silky her hair is, and pinch her upper arms for plumpness.
(c) They observe how much she eats of the food that is set out before her, and how delicately she chews her food.
(d) They have her stand before them and recite a marriage poem while dressed in flowing robes.

2. How many men are in each of the two teams of wrestlers who face each other in the wrestling ring?
(a) Nine men on each side
(b) Five men on each side
(c) Twelve men on each side
(d) Six men on each side

3. Why is the big, ancient silk-cotton tree in the playground considered sacred?
(a) The tree is believed to have been the first tree in existence.
(b) The tree holds the spirits of all the ancestors of the clan.
(c) The spirits of good children waiting to be born live in the tree.
(d) The tree holds all the spirits of the men who died in wars since the beginning of time.

4. Who is the priestess of Agbala, the Oracle of the Hills and the Caves, in real life?
(a) Chielo, a widow with two children
(b) Ekwefi, the second wife of Okonkwo
(c) Anasi, Okonkwo's first wife
(d) Noywe's mother

5. What does every man and his family do after the Week of Peace?
(a) Has a feast to celebrate with each other.
(b) Plays flutes, dances and sings before planting the crops.
(c) Cuts bush to make new farms, burns the bush and flies kites over the burning fields.
(d) Gathers in the marketplace to visit with neighbors.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How are the children of the village prepared for the Feast of the New Yam?

3. Okonkwo of Umuofia is the emissary of war to Mbaino. What does Mbaino give him as an offering for the murder of the woman from Umuofia?

4. When Okonkwo is angry and cannot speak because of his stutter, how does he get his point across?

5. How does Okonkwo react to the disastrous growing season that destroy all his yams and the yams of his people?

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