Things Fall Apart: Quiz 3 Chapter 9-13

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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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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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 is the first trial's dispute set before Evil Forest and the egwugwu?

• The case of Mgbafo running away from her husband, Uzowulu, because he beat her and caused her to miscarry. Mgbafo's relatives refuse to give him back the bride-price because he beats her.

• The case of one man stealing yams from the barn of another.

• The case of a mother beating her child to death.

• The case of a man being murdered and left by the side of the road by his brother.

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What is the decision of the egwugwu after hearing the case for Mgbafo's family against Uzowulu?

• The bride-price is not to be paid back to Uzowulu.

• Uzowulu is to bring a pot of wine to Mgbafo's family and beg that his wife be returned to him. Mgbafo's family is to return her to Uzowulu when he brings the wine to them.

• The bride-price is to be returned to Uzowulu.

• Uzowulu is warned never to beat a woman again or he will be mutilated.

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One night, the storytelling of Okonkwo's wives and children stops because the priestess, Chielo is shouting in a high-pitched voice. What does she tell Okonkwo?

• That Agbala, the Oracle of the Hills and the Caves wants to see Ezinma.

• That Agbala is putting a curse on Okonkwo's house.

• That Agbala wants to see all Okonkwo's wives.

• That Agbala needs to talk to Okonkwo.

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What does Ekwefi do after Chielo carries Ezinma away on her back?

• She runs into her hut in despair.

• She follows Chielo.

• She screams at Okonkwo to go bring Ezinma back.

• She runs to the other wives for solace.

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Who appears in front of Ekwefi as she waits tearfully outside Agbala's cave?

• Chielo

• Nwoye's mother

• Okonkwo

• Nwoye

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