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WorksheetsThings Fall Apart Quiz Pt1
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
Which sport did the villages enjoy watching during their feasting?
They enjoyed watching the young mean of the village play soccer.
They enjoyed watching the young men of the village run foot-races.
They enjoyed watching the young men of the village climb the palm trees.
They enjoyed watching the young men of the village wrestle.
Which of the following does not describe the Feast of the New Yam?
The youngest girl in the clan was sacrificed to insure a good crop.
New yams were offered to the earth goddess, Ani, and the ancestral spirits of the clan.
The old yams of the previous year were disposed of.
All cooking and serving utensils were washed.
True or False: Ikemefuna hated living with Okonkwo's family. He had to be tied down to be kept from running away.
True
False
Who was Chielo, and why was she important?
She was the priestess of Agbala, the Oracle of the Hills and the Caves.
She was Oknonkwo's mother, who was revered as the elder in the clan.
She was the first wife of the man with the most titles in the clan, and had power over her husband's decisions.
She was the village matchmaker. Everyone wanted to be on her good side so that she would find good spouses for their children.
How did the villagers decide to kill Ikemefuna?
They read palm leaves and interpreted them.
They took a vote.
They asked the oracle.
They gave him a choice between death and life-long slavery. He chose death.
What did Okonkwo do whenever he thought of his father's weakness and failure?
He beat a few of his children.
He got drunk for a few days.
He thought of his own strength and success.
He prayed to his ancestral gods for strength.
True or False: Obierika said Okonkwo's action was the kind of action that would not please the Earth; that the goddess would wipe out an entire family for such action.
True
False
What did Ibe and his relatives use to determine a bride price for Obierika's daughter?
They held a wrestling match. The winner determined the price.
They used a bundle of sticks.
They used kola nuts.
They used pots of palm wine.
The men began discussing rumors about white men. Who did the men think the white men were?
They thought the men were spirits.
They thought the men were spies from a neighboring village.
They thought the men were lepers.
They thought the men were travelers from another part of Africa.
True or False: Ekwefi had borne ten children, but nine of them had dies in infancy. She began giving them names like "Death, I implore you," and "May it not happen again."
True
False
What was the purpose of the ceremony described in Chapter 10?
A woman's birth family was having a dispute with her husband because he was mistreating her. The clan spirits would decide the outcome.
It was to determine how much land to give the man and his new wife.
it was a fertility right to insure that the couple had many healthy children.
It was an annual play put on by the elders to remind the men and women how they should treat each other.
What was Ezinma's iyi-uwa, or link with the ogbanje?
it was a birth-mark, like a mole, that had to be removed.
It was a special kind of stone that was buried in the ground.
It was a yam seed that was square in shape.
it was a cowry shell that was a different color than the rest.
How did Okonkwo cure Eznima's iba illness?
He used a voodoo doll.
He made sacrifices of his best yams to the oracle.
He brewed a potion made of leaves and herbs, then put her over the steam.
He sent for the medicine man in the next village.
What did Ekwefi do?
She stayed home and made sacrifices at her personal altar.
She go hysterical and had to be tied down by the other wives.
She followed them to the cave of Agbala.
She went to sleep because she was not worried.
What influenced the decisions made in Umuofia?
It was the oracle.
It was the harmattan.
It was the Ibo.
It was the ogene.
Which of the following statements does not describe Unoka?
He was the best drummer in the clan.
He was Okonkwo's father.
He was lazy and improvident.
He constantly borrowed money that he did not repay.
Who struck the last blow to Ikemefuna, and why?
Nwoye did, to please his father.
Okonkwo did, because he was afraid of being thought weak.
Ogbuefi Ezedu did, because he was the oldest man in the village.
Obierika did, because he didn't like Ikemefuna.
True or False: Ekwefi was jealous of the attention that Okonkwo paid to their daughter, Ezinma.
True
False
True or False: An ogbanje was a wicked child who, when it died, re-entered its mother's womb to be born again.
True
False
What did the medicine man do to Ekwifi's third child when it died?
He performed a special ceremony that was supposed to make it become good.
He took it to his own hut and mummified it. That way he could guard it and make sure it would not bother Edwefi again.
He buried it with a lot of good food and bag of cowries, so that it would be happy and not return.
He mutilated the dead child and buried it in the Evil Forest. He said this would make the ogbange think about coming again.
