Things Fall Apart Quiz 11-12

What best describes the story of the tortoise that Ekwefi told Ezinma?

• A creation myth
• A legend
• A narrative
• A proverb

What does Ekwefi do when Ezinma is taken?

• She cries for 30 days.
• She blames it on Okonkwo.
• She focuses her attention on the house.
• She follows Chielo.

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Why does Chielo take Ezinma?

• Because Okonkwo beat Ezinma.
• Because Chielo missed her own daughter.
•  Because the God Agbala wanted to see his daughter Ezinma.
• Because Ekwefi owed Chielo something.

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What are the village people celebrating in chapter 12?

• The engagement of Okonkwo's friend's daughter.  Her "uri".
• The safe return of Ezinma.
• The harvest of the yams.
• The Feast of the Hills and the Caves.

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Which one of Okonkwo's wives does not bring gifts for the uri (celebration of bride price)?

• Ezinma
• Ojuigo
• Nwoye's Mother

What kind of animal is killed for soup during chapter 12?

• Chickens
• Fish
• Goat

What is the most important fact that emerges from Ezinma’s sickness when Ekwefi thought she was dying?

• Ezinma was not actually Okonkwo's daughter

• Ezinma could still get sick even though her bond with the ogbanje had been broken

• Ezinma had gotten sick because of her father's disobedience during the Week of Peace

• Ezinma had not actually found her own iyi-uwa

Who followed Chielo and Ezinma into the darkness?

• Ekwefi

• Nwoye's mother

• Okonkwo's third wife

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What animal was the main character in the story at the beginning of Chapter 11?

• Chicken
• Cow
• Tortoise
• Deer

Other than Ekwefi, who also followed Chielo when she took Ezinma from the village?

• Okonkwo
• Nwoye
• Ikemefuna
• The Oracle

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