Things Fall Apart Chapters 5, 6, and 7

The Festival of the New Yam gives thanks to which god/goddess?

• Eshu, trickster god

• Ani, the earth goddess

• Jakuta, god of lightning

• Oko, god of farming

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What does Okonkwo's second wife do that makes him so angry that he beats her?

• She doesn't participate in scrubbing the walls with red earth

• She doesn't invite her family to feast, so now Okonkwo's guest presence will be small

• She chops leaves off of a banana tree

• She burnt the yams

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Why won't Okonkwo allow Ezinma to carry his chair?

• She is a girl

• It is too heavy

• She is not old enough

• It would be shameful for Okonkwo to have his chair carried for him

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What sporting event is event there to watch?

• a game similar to soccer

• running

• wrestling

• nguni

What is sacred about the ancient silk-cotton tree?

• spirits of unborn children live there

• the bark can be used as medicine

• the old people prophesize when standing under the tree

• the spirit of Agbala lives in its branches

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Who is Chielo?

• Okonkwo's second wife

• Okonkwo's youngest daughter

• The winner of the wrestling match

• The priestess of Agbala

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What is Okonkwo's reaction when he hears Nwoye grumble about women?

• He is angry and beats him soundly

• He gets angry at the women for upsetting his son

• He is impassive and does nothing

• It makes him happy

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The elders come to visit Okonkwo and give him a message about Ikemefuna. What is to be done with him?

• He is to be taken to the woods and killed.

• He is to be sold into slavery to a nearby village.

• He is to be trained for war (an honor that should go to Nwoye)

• He is to marry one of Okonkwo's daughters.

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Who delivers the final machete blow?

• Okonkwo

• Nyowe

• Ikemefuna

• Ezinma

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