Things Fall Apart Chapter 7

True or False: Ikemefuna had a bad influence on Nwoye.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

What did the Oracle tell the villagers to do with Ikemefuna?

• Okonkwo was to keep him as his son.

• They were told to kill him.

• They were told to give him to another village.

• They were told to return him home.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Who was Chielo, and why was she important?

• She was the priestess of Agbala, the Oracle of the Hills and the Caves.
• She was Okonkwo’s mother, who was revered as the elder in the clan.
• She was the first wife of the man with the most titles in the clan and had power over her husband’s decisions.
• She was the village matchmaker. Everyone wanted to be on her good side so that she would find good spouses for their children

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

What did the villagers do when the locusts came?

• They blockaded themselves in their huts until the locusts had gone.
• They set fire to the fields to drive the locusts away.
• They ran away to a neighboring village.
• They caught as many as possible, roasted them, and ate them as a delicacy.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Who struck the last blow to Ikemefuna, and why?

• Nwoye did, to please his father.
• Okonkwo did, because he was afraid of being thought weak.
• Ogbuefi Ezeudu did, because he was the oldest man in the village.
• Obierika did, because he didn’t like Ikemefuna.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

True or False: Obierika said Okonkwo’s action was the kind of action that would not please the Earth; that the goddess would wipe out an entire family for such an action.

• True
• False

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

What did Ibe and his relatives use to determine a bride price for Obierika’s daughter?

• They held a wrestling match. The winner determined the price.
• They used a bundle of sticks.
• They used kola nuts.
• They used pots of palm wine.

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

The men began discussing rumors about white men. Who did the men think the white men were?

• They thought the men were spirits.
• They thought the men were spies from a neighboring village.
• They thought the men were lepers.
• They thought the men were travelers from another part of Africa.

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

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CCSS.RL.3.1

True or False: Ekwefi had borne ten children, but nine of them had died in infancy. She began giving them names like “Death, I implore you,” and “May it not happen again.”

• True
• False

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

True or False: An ogbanje was a wicked child who, when it died, re-entered its mother’s womb to be born again.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5