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WorksheetsThings Fall Apart: Quiz 3 Chapter 9-12
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
Ekwefi awakes Okonkwo early in the morning pounding on his door. What is she anxious to tell him?
The yam fields are on fire.
Nwoye's mother is sick and calling for him.
All the men of the village are to meet in the marketplace immediately.
Their daughter, Ezinma is sick and dying.
What is the name all children of the clan except Ezinma call their mothers?
Nne
Jifida
Efulefu
Obi
Nine out of ten of Ekwefi's children die in infancy. After the second death, Okonkwo goes to the medicine man to find out why this is happening. What explanation does the diviner give?
Ekwefi did not eat vegetable soup throughout her pregnancies.
The child is an agbanje, a wicked child that enters the mother's womb to be born again.
Ekwefi is weak and should not become pregnant again.
Ekwefi should just keep trying, and sooner or later a child would survive.
What does Okagbue, the medicine man, dig up from under the orange tree that makes the people of the village believe that Ezinma will live to adulthood?
A basket of kola nuts which were buried when Ezinma was born to trapped evil spirits. It was supposed to be dug up after a time and burned, so the evil spirits wold not kill Ezinma.
The cloth which was used to clean Ezinma after she was born. It was buried after the birth as a good luck charm that would keep the infant safe from harm. After digging it up, the child was to be washed with it once again to stay safe.
Ezinma'siyi-uwa, a smooth pebble wrapped in a dirty rag which links Ezinma to the spirit world. It is believed thta if the iyi-uwa is found and destroyed, Ezinma will not die.
A sacred amulet that the priestess made for Ezinma the day she was born. Ezinma was to wear it around her neck until the day she died.
What does Okonkwo bring back from the bush while Ezinma lays sick in Edwefi's hut?
Three small birds to offer as sacrifice to the gods, so Ezinma will get well.
Bananas to mix with palm oil, forming a paste which Ezinma can eat easily. This will help keep up her strength.
Soil from the bush to mix with water and form into mud which can be rubbed on Ezinma's body to bring down the fever.
A bundle of medicinal plants, grasses, leaves, roots and barks.
How does Ekwefi make the medicine she hopes would cure Ezinma?
She mixes palm-wine and red clay into a medicinal mud and rubs it on Ezinma's face and chest.
She puts a pot on the fire, adding medicinal plants, grasses, leaves, roots and barks. She brought them to a boil being careful that it didn't boil over and lose its power.
She boiled a hen, added yams and nuts to make a medicinal broth for Ezinma to drink.
She grounds kola nuts and bananas together, forming a paste to put on Ezinma's tongue.
How can an observer tell if a communal ceremony is only for the men of the village?
There are no women present anywhere near the ceremony.
The titled men and elders sit on stools while the women look on from the fringe like outsiders.
There are guards stationed around the communal ceremony, preventing the women from viewing.
The women gather away from the ceremony, and chat with one another.
Who are the two groups of people who stand facing the elders at the ceremonial trial?
One group is the three oldest men from the village. The other group is their sons.
One group is wrestlers from the nine villages, and the other is judges.
One group is Mgbafo and her three brothers. The other group is her husband, Uzowulu, and his relatives.
One group is the twelve-year-old boys from the village. The other group is their fathers.
As the drums sound and the flutes blast, what appears out of the egwugwu house?
The medicine man.
The Oracle of the Hills and the Caves.
The priestess.
The spirits of the ancestors emerge, followed by nine egwugwu, the masked spirits of the nine villages.
What does the law state in Umuofia if a woman runs away from her husband?
She is to be killed and left unburied for the vultures and wild animals.
She must be left in the forest to die.
Her bride-price must be returned to the husband.
Her husband is allowed to go get her, dragging her back home by the hair.
What is the first trial's dispute set before Evil Forest and the egwugwu?
The case of Mgbafo running away from her husband, Uzowulu, because he beat her and caused her to miscarry. Mgbafo's relatives refuse to give him back the bride-price because he beats her.
The case of one man stealing yams from the barn of another.
The case of a mother beating her child to death.
The case of a man being murdered and left by the side of the road by his brother.
What is the decision of the egwugwu after hearing the case for Mgbafo's family against Uzowulu?
The bride-price is not to be paid back to Uzowulu.
Uzowulu is to bring a pot of wine to Mgbafo's family and beg that his wife be returned to him. Mgbafo's family is to return her to Uzowulu when he brings the wine to them.
The bride-price is to be returned to Uzowulu.
Uzowulu is warned never to beat a woman again or he will be mutilated.
Okonkwo ate his wive's meals, and his wives and children are their supper. What is the next thing his wives and children do?
Sing and told folk stories.
Wash the children and get them ready for bed.
Review the events of the day.
The wives wash their hair and their children's hair.
One night, the storytelling of Okonkwo's wives and children stops because the priestess, Chielo is shouting in a high-pitched voice. What does she tell Okonkwo?
That Agbala, the Oracle of the Hills and the Caves wants to see Ezinma.
That Agbala is putting a curse on Okonkwo's house.
That Agbala wants to see all Okonkwo's wives.
That Agbala needs to talk to Okonkwo.
What does Ekwefi do after Chielo carries Ezinma away on her back?
She runs into her hut in despair.
She follows Chielo.
She screams at Okonkwo to go bring Ezinma back.
She runs to the other wives for solace.
Where does Chielo bring Ezinma?
To the village of Umuachi, then turns around and continues back to the hills of Agbala.
Deep into the forest.
To the yam fields.
To where dead children are buried.
Who appears in front of Ekwefi as she waits tearfully outside Agbala's cave?
Chielo
Nwoye's mother
Okonkwo
Nwoye
As Ekwefi and Okonkwo wait outside of Agbala's cave for Ezinma's return, what does Ekwefi think about?
She thinks about what must be happening to Ezinma in the cave.
She thinks about when she and Okonkwo were young, and how she left her first husband to be with Okonkwo.
She thinks she will take Ezinma and move away from the village.
She thinks about how she an Okonkwo can defeat Agbala.
Okonkwo's friend, Obierika, is celebrating his daughter's uri. Why does this day put the entire neighborhood into a festive air?
It is the day his daughter's suitor brings the whole neighborhood to see the hut where he and his bride will be living.
It is the day his daughter will practice for the wedding ceremony, followed by a celebration.
It is the day when his daughter's suitor brings palm-wine to her parents and her entire group of kinsmen, umunna. Everyone is invited, but the central figures are the bride and her mother.
It is the day his daughter's suitor will pay the bride-price and everyone will celebrate.
What does the priestess do when she brings Ezinma out of Agbala's cave?
She comes out of the cave alone, telling Okonkwo and Ekwefi that Ezinma has to remain in the cave for two days and nights.
She comes out of the cave, giving Okonkwo and Ekwefi a lock of Ezinma's hair. She tells them to bury it in the yam field.
She comes out of the ave and tells Okonkwo and Ekwefi that Agbala wants them to leave, or Ezinma will be sacrificed.
She doesn't say a word to Okonkwo or Ekwefi, but carries Ezinma back to Okonkwo's compound and places Ezinma in bed.
Where does Obierika send one of his relatives to get a fat goat to give to his in-laws during the uri?
To a neighboring goat herder known for his fat goats.
The wonderful market in Umuike.
To the hills where wild goats roam free.
The goat farm in the village.
Why do all the women abandon preparing the food for the uri and rush off to the Obierika's crop field?
A neighbor's child went to the field and started picking the crops.
A fire broke out in the field and the women have to stomp it out.
The locusts landed on the crops and have to be brushed off the leaves.
There is a cow loose in the field eating the crops and the women have to catch it.
How many pots of wine do Obierika's in-laws bring to his home for the uri?
None
Twenty-five
Fifty
Twenty
What are the traditional events when night falls and it is time to end Obierika's daughter's uri?
The leftover wine is divided into flasks for the guests to take home.
The elders sit in a circle while singers sing each man's praise. Then the guest's rise to go and the bride is to leave with them for seven weeks.
The women gather all the pots, filling them with leftover food and give each guest a pot to take home.
The singers sing a song of praise to Obierika for such a wonderful celebration.
