Things Fall Apart ch. 8-10

What is strange about the old couple from a different tribe?

• They are monogomous (he only has one wife)
• They live in separate villages
• They died on the same day
• They don’t eat yams

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What is a jigida?

• A type of clay pot
• Beads worn on the waist
• A type of knife
• An evil spirit

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What did Ibe and his relatives use to determine a bride price for Obierika’s daughter?

• 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.

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The men began discussing rumors about white men. Who did the men think the white men were?

• They thought they were  men without toes
• They thought the men were spies from a neighboring village.
• They thought the men were spirits
• They thought the men were travelers from another part of Africa.

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True or False: Ekwefi was jealous of the attention that Okonkwo paid to their daughter, Ezinma.

• True
• False

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True or False
Efwefi had many pregnancies but only one child. 

• True
• False

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What is an obanje?

• a small hut where only women lived
• a place women were sent when they were pregnant 
• a wicked child who, when it died, re-entered its mother’s womb to be born again.
• a child who only lived 5 years o rless 

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What did the medicine man do to Ekwefi’s third child when it died?

• 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 child think about coming again.

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What was Ezinma’s iyi-uwa, or link with the ogbanje?

• t 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.

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Why was Odukwe's wife taken from him?

• He married another woman without her permission 
• He would not sleep with her
• He beat her while she was pregnant
• He wanted them to take her away because he did not like her

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