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WorksheetsThings Fall Apart 1-7
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 13mins
In what ways are Okonkwo and Unoka foil characters of each other? Hint: Foil characters are characters who have opposite traits.
Okonkwo is tall, fat, and hairy. Unoka is short, skinny, and hairless.
Okonkwo is lazy and unprepared for everything. Unoka is hardworking and always prepared.
Okonkwo is industrious, successful, and respected. Unoka is lazy, a failure, and largely unhonored.
What kind of people is Okonkwo impatient with the most?
Warriors
Elders of the clan
Unsuccessful men
Ikemefuna stayed in Okonkwo's household how long?
Three weeks
Three months
Three years
Thirty years
Okonkwo is ruled by what fear?
The fear of losing his wives and children
The fear of becoming like his father
The fear of having to leave his village
What is the only emotion Okonkwo will allow himself to show?
Affection
Sadness
Joy
Anger
Why does Okonkwo join in the killing of Ikemefuna?
He does not want to appear disloyal to Umuofia.
He does not want to upset the gods.
He secretly hates Ikemefuna.
He does not want to appear weak.
Which TWO events contribute to a "snapping" inside of Nwoye?
Hearing twins crying in the forest, and the killing of Ikemefuna
Hearing Ikemefuna's cry of death, and knowing that his father thinks he is weak
The killing of Ikemefuna, and knowing that his father thinks he is weak
Knowing that he is thought of as weak, and hearing twins crying in the forest
Okonkwo worries that Nwoye is too much like whom?
Nwoye's brothers
Nwoye's grandfather
Nwoye's uncle
