WorksheetsTFA Reading Check Chs. 14-15
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 10mins
The name of Okonkwo's motherland is _____.
Umuofia
Mbanta
Mbaino
How did Okonkwo's mother's kinsmen react to his arrival?
They rejected Okonkwo and his family.
They ignored Okonkwo and his family.
They received Okonkwo and his family.
How did Okonkwo feel about work in his motherland?
He enjoyed hard work and the masculine tasks.
The work was too hard for him and made him feel less than a man.
The work was not exciting for him.
What did Okonkwo do when there was no work?
He sat in a silent half-sleep.
He found more work to do.
He cried to his uncle.
"He had been cast out of his clan like a fish onto a dry, sandy beach, panting."
What literary term is this an example of?
personification
simile
conflict
"Clearly his personal god or chi was not made for great things." Why did Okonkwo feel this way?
He felt this way because Uchendu belittled him.
He felt this way because his crops would not grow.
He felt this way because of the tragic events that had occurred so far.
What displeased Uchendu about Okonkwo?
He was not working hard enough to feed his family.
He missed his daughter's wedding.
He gave into despair while in his motherland.
According to Uchendu, why do they say that mother is supreme?
The mother is protection and refuge.
The mother rules the land.
The mother is wealthy.
Which statement below would Uchendu agree with most?
Men should always be manly without emotions.
Always receive love and care from your family.
Do not be afraid to challenge yourself.
Who came to visit Okonkwo during his second year of exile?
Nwoye
Unoka
Obierika
Who has appeared in Abame?
a priestess
a loose spirit
a white man
What happened to Abame?
Abame grew to be one of the largest clans.
Abame went through a famine.
Abame was destroyed and many of its inhabitants killed.
Why does Uchendu call the people of Abame fools?
They did not plant their crops during the right season.
They killed a man who said nothing.
They exchanged their yams for cotton.
"The iron horse was still tied to the sacred silk-cotton tree."
What is an iron horse?
A horse made of iron
An endangered species in Nigeria
A bicycle
What does Obierika agree to bring Okonkwo every year during his exile?
Clothes and food from the market in Umuofia.
Money from his yams.
Kola nuts that he had been planting.
The fact that Okonkwo is exiled for committing a "female" crime is an example of what type of irony?
situational irony
verbal irony
double irony
Uchendu can best be described as what?
A young, vibrant warrior ready to assist Okonkwo during exile.
An old man, lazy and thoughtless like Unoka.
An old man, full of wisdom and expresses the importance of family bonds.
When Okonkwo hears about the appearance of the "white man" what does he initially think?
He thinks they are ghosts from across the seas.
He thinks they are albaino.
He thinks they are ancestral spirits from the cotton tree.
