What did Okonkwo do whenever he thought of his father’s weakness and failure?
Answer
He beat a few of his children.
He got drunk for a few days.
He thought of his own strength and success.
He prayed to his ancestral gods for strength.
Question 2
Question
What did Okonkwo tell himself about his part in Ikemefuna’s death?
Answer
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.
Question 3
Question
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.
Answer
True
False
Question 4
Question
What did Ibe and his relatives use to determine a bride price for Obierika’s daughter?
Answer
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.
Question 5
Question
The men began discussing rumors about white men. Who did the men think the white men were?
Answer
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.
Question 6
Question
Ekwefi was jealous of the attention that Okonkwo paid to their daughter, Ezinma.
Answer
True
False
Question 7
Question
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.”
Answer
True
False
Question 8
Question
An ogbanje was a wicked child who, when it died, re-entered its mother’s womb
to be born again.
Answer
True
False
Question 9
Question
What did the medicine man do to Ekwefi’s third child when it died?
Answer
He performed a special ceremony that was supposed to make it become good.
He took it to his own hut and mummified it. That way he could guard it and make sure
it would not bother Ekwefi again.
He buried it with a lot of good food and a bag of cowries, so that it would be happy and
not return.
He mutilated the dead child and buried it in the Evil Forest. He said this would make the
ogbange think about coming again.
Question 10
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What was Ezinma’s iyi-uwa, or link with the ogbanje?
Answer
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.
Question 11
Question
How did Okonkwo cure Ezinma’s iba illness?
Answer
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.
Question 12
Question
What was the purpose of the ceremony described in Chapter 10?
Answer
A woman’s birth family was having a dispute with her husband because he was
mistreating her. The clan spirits would decide the outcome.
It was to determine how much land to give the man and his new wife.
It was a fertility right to insure that the couple had many healthy children.
It was an annual play put on by the elders to remind the men and women how they
should treat each other.