Things Fall Apart

What food stood for manliness, and was a sign of prosperity?

• potatoes

• yams

• coconuts

• plantains

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Who struck the last blow to Ikemefuna, and why?

• Okonkwo did, because he was afraid of being thought weak.

• Nwoye did, to please his father.

• Ogbuefi Ezeudu did, because he was the oldest man in the village.

• Obierika did, because he didn’t like Ikemefuna.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What did Okonkwo do whenever he thought of his father’s weakness and failure?

• He beat a few of his children.

• He got drunk for a few days.

• He thought of his own strength and success.

• He prayed to his ancestral gods for strength.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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

• It 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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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

Who wanted to take Ezinma to see Agbala?

• Obierika did.

• The other wives did.

• Nwoye did.

• Chielo did.

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

Which did not happen during Ezudu’s funeral?

• There was a lot of shouting.

• There was a lot of drum beating.

• The men and boys had wrestling matches.

• The men fired their guns.

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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

True or False: The author describes a man’s life as a continual struggle to get away from his ancestors.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

True or False: The villagers gave the missionaries a piece of the best land in the village because it was their custom to be polite to newcomers.

• False

• True

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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

Which of the following was not one of the changes that had come to Umuofia in the seven years that Okonkwo was in exile?

• The Christian church had many converts.

• The white men had brought a government and built a court.

• The new prison was full of men who had broken the white men’s law.

• The villagers had to pay taxes to the white men.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What happened to Okonkwo?

• He hanged himself.

• He was taken prisoner.

• He escaped into the forest.

• He finally accepted the white man’s rule.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9