Ch. 1-8 Things Fall Apart PART I

Who is it? "When he walked, his heels hardly touched the ground and he seemed to walk on springs, as if he was going to pounce on somebody."

• Unoka

• Nwoye

• Okonkwo

• Ikemefuna

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Who is it? "In his day he was lazy and improvident and was quite incapable of thinking about tomorrow."

• Unoka

• Okonkwo

• Obiageli

• Nwoye

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Who is it? "He was by nature a very lively boy and he gradually became popular in Okonkwo's household, especially with the children."

• Obierika

• Unoka

• Nwoye

• Ikemefuna

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Who is it? "Anyone seeing ________ in ordinary life would hardly believe she was the same person who prophesied when the spirit of Agbala was upon her."

• Chika

• Chielo

• Ezinma

• Ekwefi

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is it? "And then quite suddenly a shadow fell on the world, and the sun seemed hidden behind a thick cloud...But almost immediately a shout of joy broke out in all directions, and Umuofia, which had dozed in the noon-day haze, broke into life and activity."

• Meeting

• Locusts

• Wrestling

• War

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3