WorksheetsThings Fall Apart | Chapters 1-5
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 39mins
THEME: Pride can cause a person's tragic downfall.
Which quote supports this theme?
"A proud heart can survive a general failure because such a failure does not prick its pride" (chapter 3).
"If you give me some yam seeds I shall not fail you" (chapter 3).
"I will not have a son who cannot hold up his head in the gathering of the clan. I would sooner strangle him with my own hands" (chapter 4).
Okonkwo was specially fond of Ezinma. She looked very much like her mother, who was once the village beauty" (chapter 5).
Which quote best portrays Okonkwo's personality?
"Inwardly, he was repentant" (chapter 4).
"Even Okonkwo himself became very fond of the boy..." (chapter 4).
"And when she [his youngest wife] returned he beat her very heavily. In his anger he had forgotten that it was the Week of Peace" (chapter 4).
"Okonkwo knew she was not speaking the truth" {chapter 4).
True or False: Ikemefuna is Okonkwo's biological son.
True
False
In chapter 4, why was Okonkwo punished?
for beating his wife during the Week of Peace
for planting before the ceremony to bless the season
for keeping Ikemefuna as a son
for being ashamed of his own father
Which one of Okonkwo's wives ran away from her husband to live with Okonkwo instead because she was so impressed with his wrestling skills?
1st wife
2nd wife
3rd wife
4th wife
When someone in the Igbo tribe calls out to another tribe member, they do not respond yes because "it might be an evil spirit calling." So, how did they respond to someone calling their name?
"Is that me?"
"Is that you?"
"Who am I?"
"Who are you?"
Where were ceremonies performed?
in the town hall
the village playground
the village school
in the middle of all the huts
At the end of chapter 5, we find out what his 3rd wife's daughters name. What is it?
Ikemefuna
Ezinma
Obiageli
Nkechi
In chapter 2, we discover that Umuofia's daughter was murdered when she went to the market at Mbaino. What was the other tribe's punishment for killing her?
They had to sacrifice the daughter of the person who killed her.
They had to offer a young man and a virgin.
They had to go to war.
The people who killed her were killed.
Read these sentences from chapter 3, and fill in the blank: "The priestess in those days was a woman called Chika. She was full of the power of her god, and she was greatly [fill in the blank]."
feared.
supported.
praised.
respected.
In chapter 5, why does Okonkwo beat his 2nd wife?
She tried to run away to another man.
She didn't throw away the old yams before they ate new yams.
She cut off leaves from their banana tree.
She left her children unattended.
Which quote accurately portrays how the village perceives Okonkwo?
"...he who could feed his family on yams from one harvest to another was a very great man indeed."
"He breathed heavily, and it was said that, when he slept, his wives and children in their houses could hear them breath. When he walked, his heels hardly touched the ground and he seemed to walk on springs..."
"Okonkwo never showed any emotion openly, unless it be the emotion of anger."
"Anyone who knew his grim struggle against poverty and misfortune could not say he had been lucky. If ever a man deserved his success, that man was Okonkwo."
Which quote below is describing Okonkwo's father, Unoka?
"He had a large barn full of yams and he had three wives. And now he was going to take the Idemili title the third highest in the and."
"He was poor and his wife and children had barely enough to eat. People laughed at him because he was a loafer..."
"He worshipped them with sacrifices of kola nut, food and palm-wine, and offered prayers to them on behalf of himself, his three wives and eight children."
"But in spite of these disadvantages, he had begun even in his father's lifetime to lay the foundations of a prosperous future."
