Thing Fall Apart Test (7-12)

Ikemefuna was a bad influence on Nwoye. He taught Nwoye to be defiant and rebellious.

• True
• False

Obierika said Okonkwo’s action was the kind of action that would not please the Earth; that the goddess would wipe out an entire family for such an action.

• True
• False

Ekwefi was jealous of the attention that Okonkwo paid to their daughter, Ezinma.

• True
• False

Ekwefi had borne ten children, but nine of them had died in infancy. She began giving them names like “Death, I implore you,” and “May it not happen again.”

• True
• False

An ogbanje was a wicked child who, when it died, re-entered its mother’s womb to be born again.

• True
• False

What did the villagers do when the locusts came?

• They blockaded themselves in their huts until the locusts had gone
• They set fire to the fields to drive the locusts away
• They ran away to a neighboring village.
• They caught as many as possible, roasted them, and ate them as a delicacy

How did the villagers decide to kill Ikemefuna?

• They read palm leaves and interpreted them.
• They took a vote.
• They asked the oracle.
• They gave him a choice between death and life-long slavery. He chose death

Who struck the last blow to Ikemefuna, and why?

• Nwoye did, to please his father.
• Okonkwo did, because he was afraid of being thought weak.
• Ogbuefi Ezeudu did, because he was the oldest man in the village.
• Obierika did, because he didn’t like Ikemefuna.

What did Okonkwo do whenever he thought of his father’s weakness and failure?

• He beat a few of his children.
• He got drunk for a few days.
• He thought of his own strength and success.
• He prayed to his ancestral gods for strength

What did Okonkwo tell himself about his part in Ikemefuna’s death?

• He was proud of himself. He thought it increased his prestige in the clan.
• He told himself the boy didn’t matter, since he was not from the clan.
• He knew he was wrong, and promised to make it up to the boy’s spirit by making offerings to the Oracle.
• He said he was becoming a woman. A man who had killed five men in battle should not fall to pieces over the death of a boy.