Dead Man's Path Comprehension Quiz

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.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

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.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Who was the new Headmaster at Ndume School?

• Michael Obi

• The Priest

• Chinua Achebe

• Nancy Obi

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

Who is the Protagonist of the story?

• The priest

• Michael Obi

• The villagers

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

What is the setting of the story?

• 1949, a village in Nigeria

• a city in Africa

• Along a river in Nigeria

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Who or what is the antagonist in the story?

• Nancy Obi

• the villagers

• the priest

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

What is the conflict in the story?

• The school is too old and can't be modernized.

• The path has been closed and the villagers can not use it.

• Nancy Obi wants to plant flowers and the villagers do not like flowers

• The villagers do not what Michael Obi removed from the school.

What did Michael Obi think about the path that the villagers took through the school grounds?

• it was foolish and not needed

• it was very important

• it would take a lot of flowers to make the path look presentable.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Who came to to talk to Mr. Onbi about the closing of the path?

• His wife

• The villagers

• The Priest

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10