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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Okonkwo going to thank his mother's people for helping him during his seven years in exile?
(a) He is going to leave behind one of his wives to work for the rulers and elders.
(b) He is going to have a great feast.
(c) He is going to give the elders a bag of cowries.
(d) He is going to distribute all his yam seeds to the people.

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

3. What does Uchendu tell Okonkw his duty was?
(a) Comfort his wives and children and take them back to his fatherland after seven years.
(b) Never return to his homeland, but build his future in Mbanta.
(c) To go back to his clan and beg to be forgiven.
(d) Forget about his past, and denounce his homeland.

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

5. How does Okonkwo react to the disastrous growing season that destroy all his yams and the yams of his people?
(a) His heart is broken from the loss of his crop, leaving him depressed and suicidal.
(b) He cries and sinks into despair.
(c) He feels he can survive anything, since he has survived this disastrous year.
(d) He gives up being a farmer, and begins looking for a new trade.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the things that Okonkwo fears most?

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

3. What hopes does Okonkwo have for his son, Nwoye's , future?

4. Where does Okonkwo bring his family after being banished from his village?

5. What does Okonkwo hope his sons will be initiated into when his family returns from exile?

(see the answer key)

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