Things Fall Apart Chapter 9

Who is Ezinma?

• Okonkwo's mother
• A wise village woman
• Okonkwo's daughter 
• A woman betrothed to Nwoye.

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In chapter 9, we learn that Ekwefi (2nd wife) has suffered in her life because 

• she actually hated her husband.
• she had a chronic illness.
• she couldn't have children.
• many of her children died before growing up.

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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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"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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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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By contrast to earlier chapters, in these chapters Okonkwo is revealed to be

• overly heavy-handed in dealing with his family

• a seemingly confident man with a deeply troubled conscience

• a loving father concerned with the welfare of one of his children

• fair and impartial in dealing out justice

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Which of the following is a character trait associated with Ezinma, Okonkwo's daughter?

• mischievous

• cautious

• impulsive

• argumentative

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The discovery of the iyi-uwa is thought to

• mark the end of Ekwefi's troubles with miscarriage

• be an omen of troubles to come

• indicate Ezinma will die soon

• be the medicine man's trick to convince Ekwefi she is healed

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