WorksheetsThings Fall Apart- Part 1
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 40mins
The setting of this story is in __________________________ during the _______________________ time period.
Congo, during the colonial time period.
West Africa, during the Cold War.
Nigeria, during the Congo-African War.
Nigeria, during the colonial time period.
Who is Okonkwo's adopted son?
Ezinma
Nwoye
Obierika
Ikemefuna
"But in spite of these disadvantages, he had begun even in his father's lifetime to lay the foundations of a prosperous future. It was slow and painful. But he threw himself into it like one possessed. And indeed he was possessed by the fear of his father's contemptible life and shameful death."
What does contemptible mean?
Worthy of love and respect
Worthy of hatred and disgust
Completely average, unnoteworthy
Worthy of temptation
"Okonkwo planted what was left of his seed-yams when the rains finally returned. He had one consolation. The yams he had sown before the drought were his own, the harvest of the previous year."
What does consolation mean?
Comfort after experiencing disappointment or loss
A reward that comes from luck
An annoying event
Who is Agbala?
Okonkwo's third wife
The Oracle
The oldest person in Umoufia
A witch
What does Okonkwo's second wife do that makes him so angry that he beats her?
She doesn't participate in scrubbing the walls with red earth
She doesn't invite her family to feast, so now Okonkwo's guest presence will be small
She chops leaves off of a banana tree
She burnt the yams
The elders come to visit Okonkwo and give him a message about Ikemefuna. What is to be done with him?
He is to be taken to the woods and killed.
He is to be sold into slavery to a nearby village.
He is to be trained for war (an honor that should go to Nwoye)
He is to marry one of Okonkwo's daughters.
Who delivers the final machete blow?
Okonkwo
Nyowe
Ikemefuna
Ezinma
Who is it? "In his day he was lazy and improvident and was quite incapable of thinking about tomorrow."
Unoka
Okonkwo
Obiageli
Nwoye
Who said it? "But I can trust you. I know it as I look at you, As our fathers said, you can tell a ripe corn by its look. I shall give your twice four hundred yams. Go ahead and prepare your farm."
Okonkwo
Nwakibie
Agbala
Obierika
Who is it? "'Since I survived that year,' he always said, 'I shall survive anything.' He put it down to his inflexible will.
Okonkwo
Unoka
Nwoye
Ikemefuna
Who is it? "There was no festival in all the seasons of the year which gave her as much pleasure as the wrestling match. Many years ago when she was the village beauty Okonkwo had won her heart by throwing the Cat in the greatest contest within living memory."
Obiageli
Ezinma
Ekwefi
Ojiugo
What happened? "Dazed with fear, Okonkwo drew his machete and cut him down. He was afraid of being thought weak."
War with Mbanta
War with Mbaino
Death of Unoka
Death of Ikemefuna
What is being referred to? "When they returned Ukegbu handed the bundle of sticks back to Obierika. He counted them; instead of thirty there were now fifteen."
The men are negotiating for another wife.
The men are negotiating for an ozo title.
The men are negotiating the bride price.
The men are negotiating the sale of land.
What is being referred to? "The evil you have done can ruin the whole clan. The earth goddess whom you have insulted may refuse to give us her increase, and we shall all perish."
Unoka was complaining about the failure of his crops.
Okonkwo insulted another man who had no title.
Okonkwo beat his wife during the Week of Peace.
Ekwefi was grieving for her dead children.
capricious
unpredictable
late
false
sunny
When he began again, the anger of his face was gone and in its place a sort of smile hovered, more terrible and more sinister than the anger.
Which is an oxymoron?
more terrible
Began again
More sinister
The anger
Choose the euphemism for “Ezeudu is dead.”
Died
Decomposed
Passed away
A noble leader
What is Umuofia?
An unknown person
Village where Okonkwo lived.
Okonkwo's house
What food stood for Manliness, and was a sign of prosperity?
Cake
Fruits
Coconut
Yams
What was Ezima's iyi-uwa, or link with the ogbanje?
It was a special kind of treasure that was buried in the ground.
It was a special kind of stone that was buried in the ground.
It was a special kind of plant that was buried in the ground.
It was a special kind of food that was buried in the ground.
A fable
A fairytale
By contrast to earlier chapters, in chapters 11-13, Okonkwo is revealed to be
overly heavy-handed in dealing with his family
a seemingly confident man with a deeply troubled conscience
a loving father concerned with the welfare of one of his children
fair and impartial in dealing out justice
The direct meaning of the tale of the Tortoise and the Feast in the Sky is to
explain why the tortoise's shell is not smooth
teach children to be careful what they say
tell how parrots learned to talk
symbolize the relationship between Ezinma and her mother
The allegory of the Tortoise and the Feast in the Sky reminds the characters to
always be themselves
treat others as they would like to be treated
be wary of strangers with "sweet" tongues
never allow children to eat eggs
As she runs behind Chielo in the night, Ekwefi is torn by her
love and fear of her husband
fear of evil spirits and her need to save her daughter
responsibility to the clan and her fear of failure
anger at herself and for allowing the ogbanje to be born
What point of view does Achebe use in Things Fall Apart?
First Person
Point of View
Third Person Limited
Third Person Objective
Third Person Omniscient
What is the name of the leader who had to settle the case between Odukwe and Uzowulu?
Hint: Smoke poured out of his head
(a)
Reorder the following based on the order it happened in chapter 13.
"At last the man was named and people sighed, Ezeudu is dead."
"Because he had taken titles, Ezeudu was to be buried after dark. "
Okonkwo inadvertently killed Ezeudu's 16 year old son.
Obierika, Okonkwo's friend, and other clansmen set fire to Okonkwo's house and destroyed his barn and killed his animals.
Okonkwo and his family fled to his motherland, a little village called Mbanta.
