Things Fall Apart Ch 1-19

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

How does Okonkwo feel about Mbanta when he is ready to leave and go back to Umoufia?

• that they are brave and manly for for standing up for their convictions and beliefs
• that they are men and evil for not treating him respectfully
• that they are a "womanly" and weak and weak clan for not getting rid of the Christian Missionaries
• that they are crazy and strange for having different cultural practices than Umoufia

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which of the following refers to a place that is used as a dumping ground that is haunted with spirits?

• Week of Peace
• Evil Forest
• Evil Forest
• Umoufia

Which character is being described in the following quote?“The old man who received him was his mother’s youngest brother, who was now the eldest surviving member of that family.”

• Obierka
• Ezeudu
•  Uchendu
•  Unoka

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which of the following is the most important sport in the Ibo culture?

• wrestling
• football
• soccer
• basketball

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.1