Things Fall Apart Ch. 8-16 Quiz

Which of these expressions is haggard based on the context of the following sentence: "He wore a haggard and mournful look except when he was drinking or playing on his flute."

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Who do Okonkwo and Obierika think the white men are?

• Lepers

• Leopards

• Colonizers

• Devils

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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

Identify the definition of the highlighted word.

Ezinma was considered an ogbanje after the deaths of Ekwefi's nine other children.

• A murderer of the dead children.

• A child who repeatedly dies and returns to be reborn.

• A child that comes from the Evil Forest.

• A child that is destined to die.

Read the following sentence and identify the meaning of the underlined word: "Ekwefi then became defiant and called her next child Onwuma-- 'Death may please himself.' And he did" (Achebe 68).

• Rude

• Resistant

• Depressed

• Dutiful