What do the missionaries ask the leaders of Mbanta for?

• A hut for church services

• A plot of land for farming

• The egwugwu to be converted

• Land for a church building

(Select all that apply) An "Evil Forest" is believed to be:

• alive with sinister forces of darkness

• the location for funeral services

• the burial site for those with extreme diseases

• an area which every village possessed

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

The elders of Mbanta give the missionaries as much of the Evil Forest as they wish to take, believing

• the missionaries could cleanse the land of sinister forces.

• the missionaries would never accept such an offer.

• the missionaries would be killed by evil forces.

• the missionaries would no longer bother the village.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

True or False: The villagers' plan regarding the missionaries and the Evil Forest is successful and evil forces exterminate those of the foreign faith.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

Nwoye is highly interested in the new faith but keeps it secret because

• he still possesses fear of Okonkwo.

• the villagers will mock him.

• he will lose his family inheritance.

• the village will no longer claim him.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

For the first time the new church wins a female convert. Why?

• She desired to marry a missionary and converted.

• The missionaries healed her of leprosy.

• She wanted freedom from the harsh village traditions.

• The new faith offered her a leadership role.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

When Okonkwo learns of Nwoye's participation in church services, Okonkwo...

• is pleased that his son has found community.

• is enraged and abuses Nwoye.

• begins to find curiosity in the new religion.

• murders a son, for the second time.

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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

True or False: Nwoye decides to leave his family and go to Umuofia where the Christians would teach him how to read and write.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Okonkwo's nickname is "Roaring Flame," and he comes to the realization that "living fire begets cold impotent ash." This means that...

• he realizes he may be responsible for Nwoye's identity.

• he has a responsibility to burn down the church.

• he will never be able to repair his misfortune.

• the gods will burn down his compound.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Who is Mr. Kiaga?

• the leader of the church in Mbanta

• the teacher at Nwoye's school

• the medicine man in Mbanta

• the church's choir director

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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