Things Fall Apart: Quiz 3 Chapter 9-12

Ekwefi awakes Okonkwo early in the morning pounding on his door. What is she anxious to tell him?

• The yam fields are on fire.

• Nwoye's mother is sick and calling for him.

• All the men of the village are to meet in the marketplace immediately.

• Their daughter, Ezinma is sick and dying.

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What is the name all children of the clan except Ezinma call their mothers?

• Nne

• Jifida

• Efulefu

• Obi

Nine out of ten of Ekwefi's children die in infancy. After the second death, Okonkwo goes to the medicine man to find out why this is happening. What explanation does the diviner give?

• Ekwefi did not eat vegetable soup throughout her pregnancies.

• The child is an agbanje, a wicked child that enters the mother's womb to be born again.

• Ekwefi is weak and should not become pregnant again.

• Ekwefi should just keep trying, and sooner or later a child would survive.

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What does Okagbue, the medicine man, dig up from under the orange tree that makes the people of the village believe that Ezinma will live to adulthood?

• A basket of kola nuts which were buried when Ezinma was born to trapped evil spirits. It was supposed to be dug up after a time and burned, so the evil spirits wold not kill Ezinma.

• The cloth which was used to clean Ezinma after she was born. It was buried after the birth as a good luck charm that would keep the infant safe from harm. After digging it up, the child was to be washed with it once again to stay safe.

• Ezinma'siyi-uwa, a smooth pebble wrapped in a dirty rag which links Ezinma to the spirit world. It is believed thta if the iyi-uwa is found and destroyed, Ezinma will not die.

• A sacred amulet that the priestess made for Ezinma the day she was born. Ezinma was to wear it around her neck until the day she died.

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What does Okonkwo bring back from the bush while Ezinma lays sick in Edwefi's hut?

• Three small birds to offer as sacrifice to the gods, so Ezinma will get well.

• Bananas to mix with palm oil, forming a paste which Ezinma can eat easily. This will help keep up her strength.

• Soil from the bush to mix with water and form into mud which can be rubbed on Ezinma's body to bring down the fever.

• A bundle of medicinal plants, grasses, leaves, roots and barks.

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How does Ekwefi make the medicine she hopes would cure Ezinma?

• She mixes palm-wine and red clay into a medicinal mud and rubs it on Ezinma's face and chest.

• She puts a pot on the fire, adding medicinal plants, grasses, leaves, roots and barks. She brought them to a boil being careful that it didn't boil over and lose its power.

• She boiled a hen, added yams and nuts to make a medicinal broth for Ezinma to drink.

• She grounds kola nuts and bananas together, forming a paste to put on Ezinma's tongue.

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How can an observer tell if a communal ceremony is only for the men of the village?

• There are no women present anywhere near the ceremony.

• The titled men and elders sit on stools while the women look on from the fringe like outsiders.

• There are guards stationed around the communal ceremony, preventing the women from viewing.

• The women gather away from the ceremony, and chat with one another.

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Who are the two groups of people who stand facing the elders at the ceremonial trial?

• One group is the three oldest men from the village. The other group is their sons.

• One group is wrestlers from the nine villages, and the other is judges.

• One group is Mgbafo and her three brothers. The other group is her husband, Uzowulu, and his relatives.

• One group is the twelve-year-old boys from the village. The other group is their fathers.

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As the drums sound and the flutes blast, what appears out of the egwugwu house?

• The medicine man.

• The Oracle of the Hills and the Caves.

• The priestess.

• The spirits of the ancestors emerge, followed by nine egwugwu, the masked spirits of the nine villages.

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What does the law state in Umuofia if a woman runs away from her husband?

• She is to be killed and left unburied for the vultures and wild animals.

• She must be left in the forest to die.

• Her bride-price must be returned to the husband.

• Her husband is allowed to go get her, dragging her back home by the hair.

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