Things Fall Apart Chapters 6-10

Chapter 6 describes the wrestling matches that occur to celebrate The Feast of the New Yam. The first matches are...

• between the strongest wrestlers

• between wrestlers who were between 15-16 years old

• between wrestlers who were 20 years old

• between the leaders of the teams

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True or False: Ikemefuna had a bad influence on Nwoye.

• True

• False

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What did the villagers do with the locusts?

• They kept them as pets.

• They chased them away.

• They ate them.

• They killed them.

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What did the Oracle tell the villagers to do with Ikemefuna?

• Okonkwo was to keep him as his son.

• They were told to kill him.

• They were told to give him to another village.

• They were told to return him home.

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Who struck Ikemefuna with the last blow?

• Nwoye

• Unoka

• Okonkwo

• Ezinma

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Who was Chielo, and why was she important?

• She was the priestess of Agbala, the Oracle of the Hills and the Caves.
• She was Okonkwo’s mother, who was revered as the elder in the clan.
• She was the first wife of the man with the most titles in the clan and had power over her husband’s decisions.
• She was the village matchmaker. Everyone wanted to be on her good side so that she would find good spouses for their children

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What did the villagers do when the locusts came?

• They blockaded themselves in their huts until the locusts had gone.
• They set fire to the fields to drive the locusts away.
• They ran away to a neighboring village.
• They caught as many as possible, roasted them, and ate them as a delicacy.

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Who struck the last blow to Ikemefuna, and why?

• Nwoye did, to please his father.
• Okonkwo did, because he was afraid of being thought weak.
• Ogbuefi Ezeudu did, because he was the oldest man in the village.
• Obierika did, because he didn’t like Ikemefuna.

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What did Okonkwo tell himself about his part in Ikemefuna’s death?

• He was proud of himself. He thought it increased his prestige in the clan.
• He told himself the boy didn’t matter, since he was not from the clan.
• He knew he was wrong, and promised to make it up to the boy’s spirit by making offerings to the Oracle.
• He said he was becoming a woman. A man who had killed five men in battle should not fall to pieces over the death of a boy.

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True or False: Obierika said Okonkwo’s action was the kind of action that would not please the Earth; that the goddess would wipe out an entire family for such an action.

• True
• False

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