Things Fall Apart Quiz: Chapters 14-17

(Plot) Where does Okonkwo go after being exiled from Umuofia?

• To Lagos

• To his mother’s village, Mbanta

• To Abame

• To the forest

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(Plot) Who welcomes Okonkwo and his family upon their arrival in Mbanta?

• Uchendu

• Obierika

• Ezinma

• Nwoye

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(Plot) What is the main reason for Okonkwo’s exile from Umuofia?

• He stole yams

• He accidentally killed a clansman

• He refused to pay a debt

• He insulted a priest

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(Plot) What significant event happens in Mbanta that introduces a major change to the community?

• A great flood destroys the crops

• Christian missionaries arrive and build a church

• The village is attacked by a neighboring clan

• A new chief is elected

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(Plot) Which character is the first to join the Christian missionaries in Mbanta?

• Okonkwo

• Nwoye

• Uchendu

• Ekwefi

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(Plot) What is Uchendu’s advice to Okonkwo regarding his exile?

• To seek revenge on Umuofia

• To accept his fate and find comfort in his motherland

• To return to Umuofia immediately

• To join the missionaries

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(Plot) How do the villagers of Mbanta initially react to the missionaries’ request for land to build a church?

• They refuse and drive them away

• They give them land in the Evil Forest

• They welcome them into the village center

• They imprison the missionaries

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(Plot) What is the significance of the Evil Forest in the context of the missionaries’ church?

• It is a sacred place for worship

• It is believed to be cursed and uninhabitable

• It is the richest farmland in Mbanta

• It is where the market is held

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(Plot) What is Okonkwo’s reaction to Nwoye’s conversion to Christianity?

• He is proud of Nwoye’s independence

• He disowns and beats Nwoye

• He joins Nwoye at the church

• He ignores Nwoye’s decision

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(Plot) What does the survival of the missionaries in the Evil Forest symbolize to the villagers?

• The power of the gods

• The weakness of the missionaries

• The possibility that the missionaries’ faith is strong

• The end of the harvest season

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