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Things Fall Apart

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who is the main character?
a)
Unoka
b)
Okoye
c)
Okonkwo
d)
Ikemefuna
2.
Who was the town drunk? 
a)
Okonkwo
b)
Unoka
c)
Okoye
d)
Nwoye
3.
How did Okonkwo gain his fame at 18? 
a)
marrying 8 wives
b)
having a successful farm
c)
beating an undefeated wrestler
d)
having children
4.
Okonkwo had a good relationship with his father
a)
true
b)
false
5.
Unoka was
a)
responsible
b)
successful
c)
lazy
6.
Okonkwo had how many wives and children
a)
8/10
b)
3/8
c)
5/5
d)
8/8
7.
short poem with a witty turn of thought
a)
epigram
b)
fable
c)
folklore
d)
oral tradition
8.
brief tale that conveys a moral lesson
a)
myth
b)
fable
c)
oral tradition
d)
folklore
9.
term for customs, superstitions, dances, and stories that have been passed down by oral tradition
a)
myth
b)
legend
c)
oral tradition
d)
folklore
10.
subtle sometimes humorous perception of inconsistency
a)
oral tradition
b)
irony
c)
legend
d)
fable
11.
story told, concerning humans, that is passed down by oral tradition that has some historical value
a)
proverb
b)
myth
c)
legend
d)
folklore
12.
imaginative story with no historical basis
a)
oral tradition
b)
irony
c)
proverb
d)
myth
13.
set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices
a)
folklore
b)
superstition
c)
protagonist
d)
culture
14.
There was a week of peace before
a)
a wedding
b)
the harvest
c)
planting season
d)
a funeral
15.
How many years does Ikemefuna stay with Okonkwo? 
a)
3
b)
5
c)
7
d)
9
16.
"It was this man that Okonkwo threw in a fight which the old men agreed was one of the fiercest since the founder of their town engaged a spirit of the wild for seven days and seven nights."
"Threw" in this case most closely means
a)
pushed
b)
beat
c)
place into
d)
picked up
17.
"It was this man that Okonkwo threw in a fight which the old men agreed was one of the fiercest since the founder of their town engaged a spirit of the wild for seven days and seven nights."
"Fiercest" most likely means:
a)
scariest
b)
gentle
c)
mild
d)
intense