Things Fall Apart Chapters 1-5

Things Fall Apart was written by?

• Nelson Mandela
• William Shakespeare
• Chinua Achebe
• Wole Soyinka

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The main character of the story is named

• Kunta Kinte
• Unoka
• Ikemefuna
• Okonkwo 

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What crop does Okonkwo grow?

• Apples
• Yams
• Watermelon
• Beans

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What are two things the main character has done to keep his own reputation safe?

• Bought a farm
• Killed a giant
• Owned an entire village
• Became a great wrestler and a wealthy/successful farmer

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What was Unoka told by the Oracle?

• He would succeed beyond his wildest dreams
• He would die suddenly
• He would fail because of his laziness
• He would have three more wives and two more sons

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How did Okonkwo build his fortune?

• Okonkwo built his fortune alone as a sharecropper
• His wives gave him the money to start farming
• Unoka gives him the money to raise his crops
• An angel comes and gives him seeds

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How does Okonkwo begin his wealth?

• He robs other villages
• He asks a wealthy clansman to give him 400 seed yams
• He kills a man
• He marries into a wealth family

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What shameful illness did Unoka die of?

• Shingles
• Measles 
• Swelling sickness
• Poverty

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Why do the Umofia consider going to war with Mbaino?

• A villager spits in Okonkwo's face
• The golden child is stolen
• A man from Mbaino kills a family in Umofia
• A woman from Umofia is murdered in Mbaino?

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What is Okonkwo's greatest fear

• Not having more sons
• Not having more wives
• Not buying a title
• Being like his father Unoka

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