CHAPTERS 4-6

1. How does Okonkwo break the peace during the Week of Peace?

• He beats Nwoye.

• He fires a gun in the air.

• He fights with the Oracle.

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How does Okonkwo feel about his transgression?

• He doesn’t care.

• He feels sorry but pretends he doesn’t.

• He openly apologizes and begs his wife’s forgiveness.

• He is proud of it.

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Why does Ekwefi like to watch wrestling?

 Because she fell in love with Okwonko when he beat the Cat at wrestling
 Because she wants to have an affair with someone stronger than Okonkwo
 Because Okonkwo never beats her in public
 Because she gets to gossip with Chielo, the Oracle

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With whom does Ikemefuna become particularly close?
Chielo
Nwoye
Ezinma
Mr. Brown

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What does it mean that it seems Ezinma “has come to stay”?
Several young village men have taken an interest in marrying her.
She is unlikely to die in childhood.
She is destined to become the next Oracle.
She has gotten her first period and is now a woman.

CHAPTERS 7-8

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How do the villagers react to the locusts?

 They think evil spirits are punishing them.
  They are excited because locusts are tasty.

 They wish the locusts hadn’t come.

 They see it is a warning for the future.

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What does Obeirika warn Okonkwo about Ikemefuna’s death?

 That he should have no part in it

 That Okonkwo alone must carry out the murder

 That Okonkwo must bear witness to the killing

 That Ikemefuna’s death will unleash endless tribal feuding

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How does Ikemefuna die?

 He falls while putting palm leaves on the red outer walls of the compound.

 A swarm of locusts kills him.

 One of the clansmen cuts him down with a machete before Okonkwo can stop

him.
 One of the clansmen attacks Ikemefuna and Okonkwo deals the final blow.

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What is Nwoye’s reaction to Ikemefuna’s death?

 He accepts it as the proper outcome.

 He runs away.

 He feels like something has broken inside him.

 He is proud of Okonkwo for his participation in the killing.

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What strange rumor do Obeirika and Okonkwo discuss?

 That Ikemefuna’s ghost has been seen in the village at night

 That men are being kidnapped and sold as slaves to white men far away

 That there are men with skin as white as chalk

 That there might only be one god

CHAPTERS 9-11
Why is Ekwefi so distraught by Ezinma’s illness?
 Because all of her children died early in childhood
 Because Okonkwo will become angry and beat her
 Because Chielo said Ekwefi would likely die soon
 Because she is afraid she will get sick too

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Who cures Ezinma?

 Ekwefi
 Chielo
 Nwoye
 Okonkwo

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On what condition can Uzowulu have Mgbafo back?

 If he pays a heavy fine
 He must ask her three times to return and build her a new hut.
 He must beg her to come back, and if he beats her again they will cut off his
genitals.
 If he wins a series of wrestling matches with Mgbafo’s brother

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Where does Chielo take Ezinma?

 Straight to the cave of the Oracle
 Around all nine villages and then into the cave of the Oracle
 To the Evil Forest
 To her hut

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What surprises Ekwefi when she waits outside the cave?
 She hears screams from inside the cave.
 An egwugwu passes by.
 Ekwefi runs out of the cave covered in blood.
 Okonkwo appears.
Chapters 12 & 13 Quiz
Chapters 12 & 13 Quiz

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What did Okonkwo do when Ezinma was taken by Chielo?

 He visited his friend Obeirika.
 He followed Chielo and Ezinma around the villages and to the cave of the Oracle.
 He went to bed.
 He went back and forth to the cave looking for Chielo, Ezinma, and Ekwefi.

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How is Ezinma returned?

 She isn’t.
 She wanders out of the woods a week later.
 Chielo puts her on her bed the next morning without saying anything.
 Okonkwo retrieves her from the cave and carries her back the next morning.

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What ceremony does Okonkwo’s family help prepare for?

 A betrothal ceremony for the daughter of Okonkwo’s friend
 A betrothal ceremony for Ezinma
 The funeral of Ogbeuefi Ezeudu
 A farewell feast before Okonkwo’s family goes into exile

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What happens at Ogbuefi Ezeudu’s funeral?

 Nwoye accuses Okonkwo of killing Ikemefuna.
 Okonkwo accidentally shoots and kills Ezeudu’s young son.
 Okonkwo beats his second wife.
 Chielo prophesies the arrival of white men and the disintegration of tribal culture.

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What is Okonkwo’s punishment?

 The entire family must live in exile for seven years.
 Okonkwo must pay hundreds of cowries to the dead boy’s family.
 Okonkwo must go into exile alone forever.
 Nwoye must be killed.