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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the priestess do when she brings Ezinma out of Agbala's cave?
(a) She doesn't say a word to Okonkwo or Ekwefi, but carries Ezinma back to Okonkwo's compound and places Ezinma in bed.
(b) She comes out of the cave and tells Okonkwo and Ekwefi that Agbala wants them to leave, or Ezinma will be sacrificed.
(c) She comes out of the cave, giving Okonkwo and Ekwefi a lock of Ezinma's hair. She tells them to bury it in the yam field.
(d) She comes out of the cave alone, telling Okonkwo and Ekwefi that Ezinma has to remain in the cave for two days and nights.

2. How long is Ikemenfuna in Okonkwo's care?
(a) Two days
(b) Three months
(c) Three years
(d) Twelve years

3. After speaking with the elders of nine villages, what does Okonkwo tell Ikemefuna about what is going to happen to him?
(a) That he is free to go.
(b) That he is going home.
(c) That he is being killed.
(d) That he is being exiled.

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

5. Ezinma tells her mother, Ekwefi, that her upper eyelid is twitching. What does Ekwefi tell Ezinma the significance of the twitch is?
(a) It means Ezinma will see something.
(b) It means Ezinma is going to cry.
(c) It means the rains will come early this year.
(d) It means Ezinma will have many children.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Uchendu say, "Never kill a man who says nothing" when Obierika tells them about the white man the Abame killed?

2. How does Nwoye's mother treat Ikemenfuna?

3. What does Okagbue, the medicine man, dig up from under the orange tree that makes the people of the village believe that Ezinma will live to adulthood?

4. What do the missionaries tell the Mbanta people about their gods?

5. What news does Obierika bring to Okonkwo and Uchendu about the Abame clan?

(see the answer key)

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