Things Fall Apart 1-11

Okonkwo's biggest fears are: 

• happiness and joy
• weakness and failure
• failure and thunderstorms
• snakes and locusts

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Why did the Villagers kill Ikemefuna?

• Nwoye was jealous of him.
• Nwoye had become too attached to him.
• He called Okonkwo father.
• The Oracle of the Hills and Caves pronounced it.

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Why does Okonkwo favor his daughter Ezinma?

• They believe she is one of the children who die early.
• She is the most beautiful and sought after.
• Her mother is his youngest wife.
• She is strong willed and brave like a boy.

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How did Okonkwo bring honor to his village?

• He sowed the biggest yam harvest in history.
• He led his village to a great victory over the Mbaino tribe.
• He took captive Ikemefuna
• He defeated Amalinze the Cat in wrestling.

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How does Okonkwo break the Week of Peace?

• He beats his neighbor for treading on his yams
• He beats Ikemefuna for not having dinner ready
• He beats his wife for not preparing dinner
• He refuses to rest while the village breaks from farming

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Why does Okonkwo complete the execution of Ikemefuna?

• He holds the village title of executioner 
• It was only fitting because he saw Ikemefuna as a son
• Ikemefuna was begging for mercy and it enraged Okonkwo
• Okonkwo did not want to be thought as weak by the men present

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Who are the egwugwu?

• Real spirits haunting the village
• ancestral gods, really they are masked Umuofia elders.
• Umofia women, who wear masks, and act as judges in the community 

small amount; something of little importance

• wily
• trifle
• communal
• capricious

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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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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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