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Worksheets17-19 Things Fall Apart
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Ch. 17: What did the missionaries who arrived in Mbanata request of the rulers of the clan?
They asked for a place to live.
They asked for permission to buy and sell goods in their market.
They asked for a plot of land to build their church.
They asked for permission to speak with the people of the village.
Ch. 17: "The next morning the crazy men actually began to clear a part of the forest and to build their house. The inhabitants of Mbanta expected them all to be dead within _____________.
4 days
24 hours
3 weeks
2 days
Ch. 17: "Although __________ had been attracted to the new faith from the very first day, he kept it secret."
Okonkwo
Uchendu
Ezeudu
Nwoye
Ch 17: Who is in charge of the new christian congregation in Mbanta?
the Commissioner
Mr. Kiaga
Mr. Smith
the village osu
Ch. 17: "It was well known among the people of Mbanta that their gods and ancestors were sometimes long-suffering and would deliberately allow a man to go on defying them. But even in such cases they set their limit at seven market weeks or _______________ days."
100
28
70
49
Ch. 17: Who said it? "Leave that boy at once!... Are you mad?"
Uchendu
Okonkwo
Obierika
Mr. Kiaga
Ch. 18: What is an osu?
A priest of a lesser god.
A person who lives in the evil forest.
An outcast or a person dedicated to a god.
A person who farms in the evil forest.
Ch. 18: What was taboo to the osu?
a razor
earning a title
new clothing
walking into a church
Ch. 18: What is it? "It was addressed as 'Our Father,' and was allowed to go wherever it chose, even into people's beds."
baboon
aardvark
chimpanzee
royal python
Ch. 18: What has the clan decided to do about the Christians in this chapter?
They decided to kill their leader.
They decided to ostracize the Christians.
They decided to burn down the evil forest.
They decided to call upon the egwugwu.
Ch. 18: What has occurred? "The bell-man announced it last night. But it is not our custom to debar anyone from the __________ or the __________."
stream / quarry
market / shrine of Ani.
village / stream
quarry / market
Ch. 19: How did Okonkwo feel about his time of exile in Mbanta?
He had accepted his exile in peace.
He had gained more titles in Mbanta.
He regretted every day of his exile.
He was happy to get to know his mother's family.
Ch. 19: What did Okonkwo do as soon as he entered his last year in exile?
He sent money to Obierika to build him two huts in his old compound.
He sent money to the village elders as payment for his return.
He sent word to the elders of Umuofia that he was coming back.
He sent word to the family of the dead boy that he was sorry.
Ch. 19: Okonkwo called his three wives together and told them to get things together for a great feast. How many goats were slaughtered?
ten
two
five
three
Ch. 18: "All the umunna were invited to the feast, all the descendants of Okolo, who had lived about two hundred years before." Who or what is umunna?
a wide group of kinsmen
the elders of the clan
the women of the clan
the women and children of the clan
Ch. 19: What literary device? "An abominable religion has settled among you. A man can now leave his father and his brothers. He can curse the gods of his fathers and his ancestors, like a hunter's dog that suddenly goes mad and turns on his master."
hyperbole
personification
metaphor
simile
