Things Fall Apart: 8-10

"A child's fingers are not scalded by a piece of hot yam which its mother puts into its palm" is most closely defined by which of the following?

• A simile

• A proverb

• A metaphor

• A motif

How does Okonkwo cope with situations in which he is reminded of his father's weaknesses?

• By approaching the Oracle to assure his path is correct for a man

• By praying to his own personal chi

• By beating his wifes and sons in hopes that they will learn discipline

• By thinking about his own strength and success

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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

"The world is large," said Okonkwo. "I have even heard that i no some tribes a man's children belong to his wife and her family." This quote is most closely associated to which of the following?

• Culture

• Family

• Religion

• Philosophy

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Ekwefi comes to tell Okonkwo that " 'Ezinma is dying' " of iba? What is iba?

• Smallpox

• A fever

• A curse

• A snake bite

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

An old medicine man told Okonkwo "that the child was an ogbanje, one of the wicked children who, when they died, entered their mothers' wombs to be born again." This quote is most closely associated with which of the following topics?

• Religion

• Phlosophy

• Superstitioin

• Femininity

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

In conjunction with the last question, regarding an ogbanje, the medicine man speaks of the dangers of Ezinma's iyi-uwa. What is one's iyi-uwa?

• The spirits of one's ancestors that haunt a family for their disrespect of the gods

• The curse of the Oracle which is attached to a child at birth

• The twin of a child who didn't survive childbirth

• An object

  that binds the spirit of a dead child to the world

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

Ekwefi tells Ezinma the reason that leaves become smaller after cooking using a story from Igbo mythology. Which of the following examples (stories) did she use?

• That of the snake-lizard

• That of the lion king

• That of the trumpet-frog

• That of the elephant-bird

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

When there were disagreements between the people of Umuofia, they held trials where the people were judged by the egwugwu. Who are the egwugwu?

• The wandering spirits of those left to die in the Evil Forest

• The masked ancestral spirits of Umuofia

• Leaders from each of the nine villages

• The 12 men and women the Oracle had chosen to judge their fellow villagers

What was the case discuss that was brought before the egwugwu?

• That of a man who owed 2000 cowries to his brother-in-law

• That of a woman who left her husband for her lover

• That of a land dispute between men from two separate villages

• That of a man who constantly beat his wife

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

During the trial, "There were many women, but they looked on from the fringe like outsiders." This quote is most closely associated with which of the following topics?

• Religion

• Culture

• Family

• Superstition

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3