Things Fall Apart Ch 9 Quiz

Who is Ezinma?

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

• a rat

• a mosquito

• a flea

• a dog

What delicacy does Ezinma get to eat that is believed to cause stealing?

• yams

• eggplants

• eggs

• plaintains

What is an ogbanje?

• an evil egwugwu

• the highest title in the village

• an evil spirit which curses a mother

• a stillborn baby

To which of the following is the Igbo culture most enslaved?

• Technology

• Each other

• Superstitions

• Agriculture