Things Fall Apart Chapter 1-4

How does Okonkwo react when his father attempted to help him by giving him advice about his crops?

• He slapped him
• Okonkwo felt disgust because  either action or silence was called for
• He laughed because his father was right
• He hugged him and thanked him

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How much of the harvest does Okonkwo keep?

• 1/3
• 1/2
• 1/4
• All of it

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Why does Okonkwo work hard?

• To get rich or die trying
• It's a hard knock life
• To make up for his father's negative strikes against him
• To pay for his five wives and sixteen children

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Analyze this proverb: "when the moon is shining the cripple becomes hungry for a walk" 

• The moon has to shine just right for everyone to walk
• Beware when the moon is full
• When the moon hits your eye you're in love
• When the moon provides light, even cripples want to get out in the light and walk

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What shameful illness did Unoka die of?

• Shingles
• Measles 
• Swelling sickness
• Poverty

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What is the result of Unoka's unpaid debts?

• Okonkwo must pay all his debts back
• Okonkwo is sold into slavery
• Okonkwo is beaten to death
• Okonkwo has to succeed on his own

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What effect does that devastating harvest have on Okonkwo?

• He commits suicide
• He kills his father
• He runs away from his family
• For the rest of his life he considers his survival during that difficult period proof of his inner strength

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What does Umofia demand so that war with Mbaino is avoided?

• Two hundred cowries
• A virgin woman and a young boy
• 500 yams
• Six virgins sacrificed

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What do you learn about why and when Umuofia would go to war?

• If someone made them angry
• The reasons for the war had to be clear and just. The oracle had to support the war.
• If the elders all agree
• The oracle had to throw bones and see the stars align

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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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