WorksheetsThings Fall Apart Test Review
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 26mins
Which statements describe Unoka?
Pick all of the correct answers.
He constantly borrowed money that he did not repay.
He was the best drummer in the clan.
He was Okonkwo's father.
He was lazy and improvident.
Which adjectives best explain why Okonkwo is disappointed in Nwoye?
Nwoye was _____________________.
Belligerent
Not ambitious and lazy
Musical
Short
When did Okonkwo beat his third wife?
Right before the Feast of the New Yam
When he found out he was banished for seven years
During the Week of Peace
When he finds her cheating on him
Who did Okonkwo wish was a boy?
Ezinma
Obiageli
Nwoye
Chielo
When did Okonkwo beat his second wife and fire his gun at her.
When Chielo took Ezinma to Agbala.
Right before the Feast of the New Yam.
During the Week of Peace
After Ikemefuna's death.
What adjective best describes how Okonkwo felt about Ikemefuna's influence on Nwoye?
Jealous
Displeased
Confused
Inwardly Pleased
Who struck the last blow to Ikemefuna?
Nwoye
Ogbuefi Exudu
Okonkwo
Obierika
What did Okonkwo tell himself about his part in Ikemefuna's death?
He was proud of himself. He thought it increased his prestige in the clan.
He told himself the boy didn't matter since he was not from the clan.
He knew he was wrong and promised to make it up to the boy's spirit by making offerings to the Oracle.
He said he was becoming a woman. A man who had killed five men in battle should not fall to pieces over the death of a boy.
Who did the men think were lepers?
White Men
The Egwugwu
The Men from the Evil Forest
The Men from Mbaino
Who mutilated Ekwefi's third child and buried it in the Evil Forest?
Okonkwo
Ekwefi
The Medicine Man
Chielo
What did Okonkwo bring with him when he followed Ezinma and Chielo?
A machete
A gourd of palm wine
An offering of yams
A gun
Where did Ekwefi follow Ezinma and Chielo to?
Obierika's obi
The cave of Agbala
The Evil Forest
The tree with the iron horse
Who accidentally killed the boy at Ezeudu's funeral with a gun?
Ezinma
Nwoye
Okonkwo
Obierika
How long was Okonkwo and his family banished?
Seven years
One year
Four years
Forever
Why did the men from Ezeudo's quarter demolish OKonkwo's houses and barn, and kill his animals?
They were cleansing the land which Okonkwo had polluted.
They were drunk and were seeking revenge.
The oracle told them to do it.
They were permitted by law to do anything they wanted short of killing Okonkwo and his family.
What was the consequence of the village of Abame killing the white man?
There was a conflict among the members of the village, and one of the elders was murdered.
The men of Abame who were involved were banished.
Other white men destroyed the village in retribution.
The men of Abame who were involved had to pay 200 cowries each.
What group was admitted to the Christian church and became strong followers?
The women and children
The egwugwu
The osu
The efulefu
What sacred animal was allegedly killed by one of the newly converted Christians?
The python
The chicken
The goat
The cow
What adjective best describes how Okonkwo felt about his return to the clan?
Ashamed
Angry
Determined
Sad
What changes had come to Unuofia in the seven years that Okonkwo was in exile?
Pick all the correct answers.
The villages had to pay taxes to the white men.
The new prison was full of men who had broken the white men's laws.
The white men had brought a government and built a court.
The Christian church had many converts.
Who built a school and hospital to gain converts?
Nwoye
Chielo
Mr. Brown
Mr. Smith
What did Enoch do?
He molested one of the young girls.
He publicly unmasked one of the egwugwu, thus killing an ancestral spirit.
He rode the iron horse into Okonkwo's obi.
He stole food from some of the women.
Whose compound did the clan members destroy?
Enoch's
Obierika's
Mr. Smith's
Mr. Brown's
What was the result of the action taken by the egwugwu?
They were all hanged.
Mr. Smith became ill and returned to England.
The village was destroyed by the government's army.
Okonkwo and five of the leaders were imprisoned. The village of Umuofia was fined 200 bags of cowries.
What event happened in the marketplace?
The men of the village opened fire on the messengers and killed them all.
The men of the village turned it over to the white men.
The men decided to contact the other villages and make plans for the war.
Five court messengers came to stop the meeting. Okonkwo decapitated one of them.
What happened to Okonkwo?
He was taken prisoner.
He hanged himself.
He escaped into the forest.
He finally accepted the white man's rule.
