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TFA & Dewar Smith 1-4

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Okonkwo's ____________ decision to kill Ikemefuna was ill-advised.

a)

fastidious

b)

capricious

c)

prodigal

d)

ambivalent

2.

Ikemefuna could best be described as ____________ while he was living.

a)

enigmatic

b)

dogmatic

c)

precocious

d)

affable

3.

Okonkwo's accidental shooting of the boy _______________ his exile.

a)

belies

b)

nullifies

c)

engenders

d)

daunts

4.

When Obierika visits Okonkwo a second time, his attitude could best be described as ______________.

a)

melancholy

b)

lethargic

c)

reticent

d)

aloof

5.

In his youth, Okonkwo was blessed by Nawakibie's __________________.

a)

veneration

b)

immutability

c)

aesthetic

d)

altruism

6.

As a whole, the people Umuofia act ____________ toward the missionaries.

a)

didactically

b)

ambivalently

c)

contentiously

d)

disparagingly

7.

Okonkwo has a(n) ____________________ toward weakness.

a)

aversion

b)

obscurity

c)

opaqueness

d)

debilitation

8.

When the people of Umuofia visit the oracle, they feel as if the future is less _________________.

a)

fastidious

b)

servile

c)

obscure

d)

contentious

9.

Okonkwo's assessment that his chi is not meant for greatness is _______________ to his self-esteem.

a)

debilitating

b)

mitigatory

c)

innate

d)

superfluous

10.

Okonkwo seems to ______________ his mother's brother, Uchendu.

a)

loathe

b)

vilify

c)

revere

d)

laud

11.

Unoka's death was a(n) _______________ affair; he was not buried, and his corpse was left in the forest to rot.

a)

austere

b)

taciturn

c)

servile

d)

archaic

12.

Unoka's distaste for conflict would categorize him as ______________________.

a)

dogmatic

b)

subtle

c)

pacifistic

d)

gregarious

13.

Yams?

a)

drought :(

b)

Yams!

14.

Nwoye is a young boy filled with _____________ and worry.

a)

sloth

b)

trepidation

c)

discord

d)

disdain

15.

As a young man, Okonkwo was able to ______________ to a higher rung on the social ladder.

a)

daunt

b)

abstruse

c)

discern

d)

ascend

16.

There is a great ________________ between the treatment of men and that of women in Umuofia.

a)

discord

b)

disparity

c)

depravity

d)

defamation

17.

The elders decide to sacrifice Ikemefuna in order to ________________ the pain left by the girl's murder.

a)

vilify

b)

assuage

c)

loathe

d)

embellish

18.

Okonkwo feels that days without work are ________________.

a)

banal

b)

mundane

c)

insipid

d)

abstruse

19.

Uchendu's young wife who "knows not her right from her left" could NOT be described as _________________.

a)

incorrigible

b)

trivial

c)

insipid

d)

erudite

20.

From what POV is the story told?

a)

First person limited

b)

Second person

c)

Third person limited

d)

Third person omniscient