Things Fall Apart: Ch. 9-13 Reading Comprehension Quiz

Why did Ekwefi wake Okonkwo during the night?

• She said Ezinma was dying.

• She heard Nwoye crying after Ikemefuna's death.

• She said that the other wives were threatening her.

• She was angry that he had tried to shoot her.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

What is in Okonkwo's potion that he made to cure Ezinma?

• sticks and mud

• water and salt

• yams and sweet potatoes

• leaves and herbs

"Her deepening despair found expression in the names she gave her children. One of them was a pathetic cry, Onwumbiko- 'Death, I implore you.'"

Who is being described?

• Chielo

• Ezinma

• Ekwefi

• Nwoye's mother

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Why did the medicine man dig a hole beside the medicine tree?

• to bury one of Ekwefi's young children who died.

• for Okonkwo to make an offering to the ancestors

• to search for some of his medicine that was stolen

• to find Ezinma's iyi-uwa to end the ogbanje cycle

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CCSS.RL.1.10

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What was the reason behind the council meeting concerning Uzowulu?

• He wanted to take a title.

• His in-laws had taken his wife away.

• He beat his son during the Week of Peace.

• He had stolen yams from a neighbor.

In Chapter 10, after the egwugwu consult in private, they declare their sentence. Uzowulu is commanded to go to his in-laws with an offering of _________ and beg his wife to return. He is not to beat her anymore.

• goats

• wine

• money

• yams

"Come, my daughter," said the priestess. "I shall carry you on my back. A baby on its mother's back does not know the way is long."

Who is "the priestess"?

• Chielo

• Ezinma

• Ezeudo

• Ekwefi

Explain how Umofia was "polluted with the blood of a clansman."

• Okonkwo beat Ekwefit until she was bleeding profusely.

• Okonkwo purposefully shot and killed an egwuwu.

• Okonkwo killed Ikemefuna with his machete.

• Okonkwo's gun exploded and killed Ezeudo's son.

How is Okonkwo's crime female rather than male?

• He committed the crime outside of the village.

• He only injured someone and did not kill them.

• He committed the crime in self-defense.

• His crime was accidental rather than intentional.

How long is Okonkwo banished?

• four years

• three weeks

• seven years

• two months