Things Fall Apart Chapters 1-14 Test

This character, a boy of 14, is introduced at the beginning of chapter two as a gift to avoid war.

• Okonkwo
• Unoka
• Nwoye
• Inkemefuna

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The Week of Peace preceded....

• planting time
• harvest time
• flood season
• drought

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Why did Okonkwo beat, and eventually shoot at, Ekwefi?

• She left early for the wrestling match.
• She went to have her hair plaited.
• She took banana leaves.
• She cheated on him.

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Which one of the following seems to be Okonkwo's "favorite" child.

• Nwoye
• Ezinma
• Obiageli
• Nkechi

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What is happening at the village ilo (playground) during the Feast of the New Yam?

• cooking contest
• shooting range
• wrestling contest
• debate

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Which of the following characteristics does NOT describe Okonkwo's father, Unoka?

• prophet
• lazy
• in debt
• musician

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How is Ikemefuna treated in his new home?

• The family, even Okonkwo, is very fond of him
• Loved by the family but despised by Okonkwo
• Loved by Okonkwo but despised by the rest of the family
• He's just left alone and mostly ignored

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How does Okonkwo break the Week of Peace?

• He beats his neighbor for treading on his yams
• He beats Ikemefuna for not having dinner ready
• He beats his wife for not preparing dinner
• He refuses to rest while the village breaks from farming

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During the wrestling meet, who does Ekwefi talk to?

• Ikemefuna about escaping
• Okonkwo about him beating her
• her daughter, Ezinma, about running away
• the Oracle's priestess, Chielo, about her daughter

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How do the villagers feel about the locusts?

• nervous because the crops will be eaten
• excited because they taste good
• annoyed because they are everywhere
• excited because rain comes after the locusts