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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How can an observer tell if a communal ceremony is only for the men of the village?
(a) There are guards stationed around the communal ceremony, preventing the women from viewing.
(b) The women gather away from the ceremony, and chat with one another.
(c) The titled men and elders sit on stools while the women look on from the fringe like outsiders.
(d) There are no women present anywhere near the ceremony.

2. Why is Okonkwo considered one of the greatest men of his time?
(a) He is a wealthy farmer, the greatest wrestler, has a barn full of yams, and has three wives.
(b) He is the greatest flute player in the village.
(c) He is a sympathetic, loving father and husband.
(d) He has patience for all men, even unsuccessful ones.

3. How does Unoka react when Okoye asks him to repay the two hundred cowries owed to him?
(a) He bursts out laughing.
(b) He offers kola nuts as repayment instead of money.
(c) He promises to repay the money without delay.
(d) He tells Okoye that he would be paid before anyone else.

4. Okonkwo is sitting in his obi with Ikemefuna and Nwoye, eating dried locusts when Ogbuefi Ezeudu comes with a message. What is the message?
(a) Ikemefuna is to remain in Okonkwo's household as a servant for the rest of his life.
(b) Nwoye and Ikemefuna are to be declared by Umuofia as brothers for life.
(c) Umuofia decides to kill Ikemefuna. The Oracle of the Hills pronounces it. Okonkwo is not to take part in the killing because the boy calls him father.
(d) Ikemefuna is to be given all the rights of an adopted son to Okonkwo.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What ultimatum is dispatched to Mbaino as a consequence of the murder of the woman from Umuofia?

2. Okonkwo and the men of Umuofia take Ikemefuna deep into the forest and kill him with machetes. Who gives the final thrust of the machete that ends Ikemefuna's life?

3. How does Ikemenfuna feel after three weeks of illness?

4. Who is the powerful orator that informs the ten thousand men of the emergency facing the nine villages of Umuofia?

5. How does Ezinma, the daughter of Okonkwo's second wife, bring fire to Nwoye's mother's hut?

(see the answer key)

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