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- 1. Multiple Choice
Chapter 6 describes the wrestling matches that occur to celebrate The Feast of the New Yam. The first matches are...
between the strongest wrestlers
between wrestlers who were between 15-16 years old
between wrestlers who were 20 years old
between the leaders of the teams
- 2. Multiple Choice
True or False: Ikemefuna had a bad influence on Nwoye.
True
False
- 3. Multiple Choice
What did the villagers do with the locusts?
They kept them as pets.
They chased them away.
They ate them.
They killed them.
- 4. Multiple Choice
What did the Oracle tell the villagers to do with Ikemefuna?
Okonkwo was to keep him as his son.
They were told to kill him.
They were told to give him to another village.
They were told to return him home.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Who struck Ikemefuna with the last blow?
Nwoye
Unoka
Okonkwo
Ezinma
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWho was Chielo, and why was she important?She was the priestess of Agbala, the Oracle of the Hills and the Caves.She was Okonkwo’s mother, who was revered as the elder in the clan.She was the first wife of the man with the most titles in the clan and had power over her husband’s decisions.She was the village matchmaker. Everyone wanted to be on her good side so that she would find good spouses for their children
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat did the villagers do when the locusts came?They blockaded themselves in their huts until the locusts had gone.They set fire to the fields to drive the locusts away.They ran away to a neighboring village.They caught as many as possible, roasted them, and ate them as a delicacy.
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWho struck the last blow to Ikemefuna, and why?Nwoye did, to please his father.Okonkwo did, because he was afraid of being thought weak.Ogbuefi Ezeudu did, because he was the oldest man in the village.Obierika did, because he didn’t like Ikemefuna.
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat did Okonkwo tell himself about his part in Ikemefuna’s death?He was proud of himself. He thought it increased his prestige in the clan.He told himself the boy didn’t matter, since he was not from the clan.He knew he was wrong, and promised to make it up to the boy’s spirit by making offerings to the Oracle.He said he was becoming a woman. A man who had killed five men in battle should not fall to pieces over the death of a boy.
- 10. Multiple ChoiceTrue or False: Obierika said Okonkwo’s action was the kind of action that would not please the Earth; that the goddess would wipe out an entire family for such an action.TrueFalse
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhat did Ibe and his relatives use to determine a bride price for Obierika’s daughter?They held a wrestling match. The winner determined the price.They used a bundle of sticks.They used kola nuts.They used pots of palm wine.
- 12. Multiple ChoiceThe men began discussing rumors about white men. Who did the men think the white men were?They thought the men were spirits.They thought the men were spies from a neighboring village.They thought the men were lepers.They thought the men were travelers from another part of Africa.
- 13. Multiple ChoiceTrue or False: Ekwefi had borne ten children, but nine of them had died in infancy. She began giving them names like “Death, I implore you,” and “May it not happen again.”TrueFalse
- 14. Multiple ChoiceTrue or False: An ogbanje was a wicked child who, when it died, re-entered its mother’s womb to be born again.TrueFalse
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhat was Ezinma’s iyi-uwa, or link with the ogbanje?It was a birth-mark, like a mole, that had to be removed.It was a special kind of stone that was buried in the ground.It was a yam seed that was square in shape.It was a cowry shell that was a different color than the rest.
- 16. Multiple ChoiceHow did Okonkwo cure Ezinma’s iba illness?He used a voodoo doll.He made sacrifices of his best yams to the oracle.He brewed a potion made of leaves and herbs, then put her over the steam.He sent for the medicine man in the next village.
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