WorksheetsThings Fall Apart Parts II and III (Chap. 14-25)
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 15mins
Where did Okonkwo take his family to live?
He took them to live with his father’s people.
He took them to live with his mother’s kinsmen.
He sent all of his wives back to their own villages and went to live with a friend.
He took them to live in the wilderness between his village and the next.
Uchendu talked to Okonkwo about the Mother Supreme. Which of the following was NOT one of the points he made?
He wanted Okonkwo to realize that his despair, comparatively, was not that great.
He said Okonkwo owed it to his family to comfort and support them.
He said this was Okonkwo’s chance to start over where no one would compare him to to his father.
He told Okonkwo not to refuse comfort in his mother’s homeland, or he would displease the dead.
Who came to visit Okonkwo during the second year of exile, and why?
Chielo came to bless them and check on Ezinma’s health.
Ojiugo’s parents came to bring them gifts.
Obierika came to bring Okonkwo news of the village and money from the yam crop he was tending until Okonkwo returned home.
Ezeudu’s clansmen came to make sure Okonkwo was still in exile.
Why was the village of Abame destroyed?
The elders killed a white man who had come into the town, and other white men destroyed the village in retribution.
The other villages were jealous of their wealth, so they killed the people and stole the money and property.
There had been a bad outbreak of iba. The village elders decided the town had to be burned down in order to save the surrounding villages.
There had been an uprising between two families. It got out of hand, and they destroyed each other and everyone else in the process.
Who had Obierika found among the missionaries?
He had found his son, Maduka.
He had found Uchendu.
He had found Okonkwo’s son, Nwoye.
He had found his youngest wife and her children
What was the "iron horse"?
It was the new railroad that the whites were building with slave labor.
It was an automobile.
It was a walking stick made of aluminum.
It was a bicycle.
True or False: The villagers gave the missionaries a piece of the best land in the village because it was their custom to be polite to newcomers.
True
False
True or False: Okonkwo was concerned that Nwoye and his other male children would abandon their ancestors. He pictured himself and his fathers waiting in vain for worship and sacrifice.
True
False
What group was admitted to the Christian church by changing their appearance and became strong followers?
It was the women and children.
It was the egwugwu.
It was the osu.
It was the efulefu.
What sacred animal was allegedly killed by one of the newly converted Christians causing him to fall ill and die?
It was the goat.
It was the cow.
It was the chicken.
It was the python.
True or False: One of the elders told the younger clan members he feared for their generation because they didn’t understand how strong the bonds of kinship should be. He was concerned because they had let this strange religion start to break apart their clans.
True
False
How did Okonkwo feel about his return to the clan?
He was angry at them for sending him away, and wanted revenge.
He knew that he had lost a lot of ground, but he was determined to return with a flourish, and retain the lost time.
He was ashamed of what he had done, and just wanted to be left alone.
He realized that he preferred living with his mother’s people.
Which of the following was NOT one of the messages Okonkwo gave to his sons and daughters after Nwoye left the family?
If his were going to be weak and follow Nwoye, they should do it while he was alive.
If they turned against him after he died, he would return and break their necks.
He asked his daughters to wait until they returned to Umuofia to marry.
He asked all of his children to name their firstborn after him.
Okonkwo asked Obierika why the people had lost their power to fight. What was Obierika’s reply?
He said the chi of the villages was worn out.
The white man managed to divide the clans and they were falling apart.
He said the white man’s God was stronger than their Chukwu.
He said the white men had put an evil spell on the villages.
How did Mr. Brown act to gain converts?
He used a frontal attack.
He threatened to kill all of the children if the adults did not convert.
He bribed them with money.
He built a school and a hospital.
What did Enoch do?
He killed the sacred python.
Enoch publicly unmasked one of the egwugwu, thus killing an ancestral spirit.
He molested one of the young girls.
He stole food from some of the women.
As a result, what did the clan members do in retaliation of Enoch's actions?
They killed Enoch.
They killed Mr. Smith and the Christians.
They destroyed the church and Enoch’s compound.
They drove the Christians out of the village.
What was the result of the action taken by the egwuguw?
Okonkwo and five of the leaders were imprisoned. The village of Umuofia was fined 200 bags of cowries.
The village was destroyed by the government’s army.
Mr. Smith became ill and returned to England.
They were all hanged.
What event happened in the marketplace?
The men of the village opened fire on the messengers and killed them all.
Five court messengers came to stop the meeting. Okonkwo decapitated one of them.
The men of the village turned it over to the white men.
The men decided to contact the other villages and make plans for war
In the end, what happened to Okonkwo, and why?
He hanged himself because he could not bear to see his village overtaken and destroyed by outsiders.
He was taken prisoner because he refused to comply with the new laws of the missionaries.
He escaped into the forest and built a new compound to live their happily with his family.
He finally accepted the white man’s rule because he sees it has his only option.
Fill in the blank using vocabulary from the reading.
"But it was a (a) (strong) spirit, and in the end Okonkwo overcame his sorrow."
Fill in the blank using vocabulary from the reading.
"Mr. Brown’s mission grew from strength to strength, and because of its link with the new administration it earned a new social (a) (ranking)."
Fill in the blank using vocabulary from the reading.
" Enoch himself was greatly disappointed when he heard this, for he had hoped that a holy war was (a) (approaching)."
Fill in the blank using vocabulary from the reading.
"His voice was unmistakable and so he was able to bring immediate peace to the (a) (angered) spirits."
Fill in the blank using vocabulary from the reading.
"This growing feeling was due to Mr. Brown, the white missionary, who was very firm in restraining his flock from (a) (forcing) the wrath of the clan."
