Dead Man's Path

Michael Obi strenuously believed in a certain method of teaching. Which statement explains this best?

• He wanted to educate the children at the school in the classics

• He wanted to spend time outside of school with his new wife instead of grading papers

• The school compound was of no importance to his teaching

• He was passionate about "modern methods" and denigrated older teachers.

How did Obi finally know the villagers would not accept his decision?

• The villagers sent an elder to talk to him

• The priest moved the entire village to another site

• The hedges were torn up and the flowers trampled

• A letter was sent to the white Supervisor asking for a replacement headmaster

What is the significance of the path to the villagers?

• A bond between life and the afterlife

• Where people go when they died

• Babies travel it to access the village

• all of the choices

What was the main theme in this story

• there are many diffeences between old and new

• sometimes old things are better because they hold special significance

• all of the above

Why did Obi not want the path to be used as a footpath?

• It was dangerous

• It didn't go anywhere

• It encouraged poeple to escape

• It was in the middle of his wife's beautifully tended garden

Who wrote Dead Men's Path?

• Virginia Woolf

• Chinua Achebe

• George Orwel

• James Joyce

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

Who was the new Headmaster at Ndume School?

• Michael Obi

• The Priest

• Chinua Achebe

• Nancy Obi

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Who is the Protagonist of the story?

• The priest

• Michael Obi

• The villagers

What is the setting of the story?

• 1949, a village in Nigeria

• a city in Africa

• Along a river in Nigeria

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Who or what is the antagonist in the story?

• Nancy Obi

• the villagers

• the priest