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Things Fall Apart Ch 9 Quiz

Authored by Selena Brown

English

9th - 12th Grade

CCSS covered

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Things Fall Apart Ch 9 Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Who is Ezinma?

Okonkwo's mother
A wise village woman
Okonkwo's daughter 
A woman betrothed to Nwoye.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

In chapter 9, we learn that Ekwefi (2nd wife) has suffered in her life because 

she actually hated her husband.
she had a chronic illness.
she couldn't have children.
many of her children died before growing up.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Why did Ekwefi wake Okonkwo during the night?

She said Ezinma was dying.

She heard Nwoye crying after Ikemefuna's death.

She said that the other wives were threatening her.

She was angry that he had tried to shoot her.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Why did the medicine man dig a hole beside the medicine tree?

to bury one of Ekwefi's young children who died.

for Okonkwo to make an offering to the ancestors

to search for some of his medicine that was stolen

to find Ezinma's iyi-uwa to end the ogbanje cycle

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

By contrast to earlier chapters, in these chapters Okonkwo is revealed to be

overly heavy-handed in dealing with his family

a seemingly confident man with a deeply troubled conscience

a loving father concerned with the welfare of one of his children

fair and impartial in dealing out justice

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

The discovery of the iyi-uwa is thought to

mark the end of Ekwefi's troubles with miscarriage

be an omen of troubles to come

indicate Ezinma will die soon

be the medicine man's trick to convince Ekwefi she is healed

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What creature is the focus of a story about why Okonkwo can't sleep?

a rat

a mosquito

a flea

a dog

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

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