Things Fall Apart

Which of the following refers to a shrine that is consulted for advice?

• Efulefu
• Oracle
• Ogbanje
• Harmattan

Which of the following refers to the spirit of a dead child that keeps returning to haunt its parents?

• ogbanje
• ilo
• chi
• harmattan

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CCSS.RL.9-10.6

Which of the following refers to a strong dusty wind off of the African coast?

• ilo
• ogbanje
• efulefu
• harmattan

Which of the following are used during religious ceremonies in the Ibo culture?

• cowries and yams
• kola nuts and alligator pepper
• harmattans and efulefus 
• ilos and obis

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CCSS.RL.9-10.6

Chinua Achebe was a professor of English.

• True
• False

"If a child washed his hands, he could eat with kings" is an example of which of the following?

• a proverb
• a folktakle
• an allusion
• an illusion

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which of the following is NOT a way in which the missionaries challenge the traditions of the Ibo people?

• They build a church
• They have them eat with utensils
• They allow outcasts into their church
•  They encourage them to accept twins

Which of the following is NOT a sign of Okonkwo's wealth and noble status at the beginning of the book?

• His three wives
• His barn full of yams
• The human heads he won from battles
• The inheritance he received from his father

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Which character is being described in the following quote?“…a woman of forty-five who had suffered a great deal in her time.  But her love of wrestling contests was still as strong as it was thirty years ago.”

• Ekwefi
• Ezinma
• Nwoye
• Chielo

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Why is the killing of the python by one of the converts significant to Okonkwo and Obierka?

• They had been unsuccessful in killing it
• The python is an endangered species
• The python is sacred to the Ibo people
• The convert dies soon after killing it

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CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.3