Things Fall Apart Review

What is NOT a motivation of Okonkwo's harsh treatment of his son, Nwoye?

• His desire to make Nwoye a successful farmer

• His fear of Nwoye becoming like Unoka

• His belief in strict discipline and hard work

• His resentment towards Nwoye's mother

Okonkwo doesn't like his father because his father was:

• lazy and weak

• violent and angry

• emotionally cold and distant

• absent when he was young

An accurate difference between Okonkwo and his father is:

• Okonkwo loves war; his father hates it

• Okonkwo loves music; his father hates it

• Okonkwo has no titles; his father has 3

• Okonkwo is poor; his father is wealthy

Before people in Umuofia go to war, they get permission & guidance from:

• an Oracle

• Okonkwo

• Unoka

• Village elders

What makes Okonkwo anxious about his son, Nwoye?

• His laziness

• His intelligence

• His anger

• His strength

One detail from chapter 3 that foreshadows bad events are coming in the story is:

• Droughts and floods ruin Okonkwo's first yam crop

• Nwakibie spreads rumors about Okonkwo to neighboring villages

• Okonkwo's wife leaves him for another man in the village

• Okonkwo disobeys the Oracle's warning.

When he's young, Okonkwo visits Nwakibie, a wealthy man in his village, because he wants to:

• borrow yam seeds to start a farm

• borrow money

• ask for a job

• marry Nwakibie's daughter

What holy animal does Okonkwo’s clan suspect the Christians have killed and eaten?

• • A locust

• • A python

• • A monkey

• • A tortoise

What do the inhabitants of Mbanta believe is responsible for the white man’s miraculous survival after having built his church in the Evil Forest?

• • His eyeglasses

• • His Bible

• • His borrowed machete

• • His attitude

What does Okonkwo constantly wish Ezinma had been?

• His firstborn child

• A son

• A better cook

• A dancer