Things Fall Apart Chapter 5-6

What's Nwoye's sister's name?

• Obiageli
• Chielo
• Ekwefi
• Ani

What did the drums announce?

• The New Year
• The festival of Yams
• The wresting match
• The beginning of the end

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What was Okonkwo's second wife's name?

• Ikemefuna
• Nkechi
• Ezinma
• Ekwefi

Why was Obiageli crying?

• She broke her water pot
• Because it was the beginning of the wrestling match
• She burned her father
• Her father beat her

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

Why did Okonkwo beat his wife?

• He wanted to beat someone
• She used some leaves from the banana tree to wrap food
• He was dared by his friend
• He wanted to make someone cry

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

Why is the ancient silk-cotton tree considered sacred?

• It is used make sacred clothing
• The ancient silk-cotton tree is considered sacred because the spirits of good children who are waiting to be born live there.
• It provides shade for the wise old woman of the caves to meditate.
• The ancient silk-cotton tree is considered sacred because the wise old woman of caves makes her garments from its blossoms.

What describes Chielo in ordinary life?

•  a widow with two children who shares a common shed in the market with Ekwifi.
• a medicine expert of sacred herbs
• a drum maker
• a poor woman who relies on the kindness of villagers to survive

What role do the drums play in the wrestling match during The Feast of the New Yam?

• announce the wrestling match early in the day and signal exciting moves within the match
• a village elder is angry about being offered unappetizing foo-foo and going to get his own foo-foo
• foo-foo will be served shortly
• foo-foo mounds will be judged and the winner will receive Umofia's best yam of the harvest

What answer best defines the word "Amadiora."

• Amadiora is the god of yam harvesters.
• Wrestling slipper worn by champions like Okonkwo
• Amadiora is the god of thunder and lightning.
• Medicine given to the wise woman of the caves that allows her to sense what someone is feeling.

Based on context clues, what does the Igbo word "ilo" mean?

• village center or open area where large events or meetings are held
• outsider who does understand the culture and is disrespectful
• a war dance
• a place to store your yams while wrestling