Things Fall Apart

Which of these inferences most closely identifies a theme of the excerpt?

• Parents have little influence over their children.

• Children inspire societal change.

• Sons and fathers will never see eye-to-eye.

• Family relationships have long term impact on our view of the world.

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E2.6A

Which of these selections best describes Okonkwo?

• He is well-known for his physical strength and temper.

• He is remembered only for his victory twenty years before.

• He was a lazy and uncaring father.

• Despite his poverty, he cared dearly for his son.

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E2.4G

E2.6B

Which of these selections best describes Okonkwo’s opinion of his father?

• Okonkwo admires his father’s physical strength.

• Okonkwo is jealous of his father’s physical strength.

• Okonkwo thinks his father was a failure.

• Okonkwo mourns his father’s death.

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E2.4G

E2.6B

Which of these sentences from the text best supports the following statement?

Okonkwo thinks his father was a failure.

• “He was called the Cat because his back would never touch the earth.”

• “That was many years ago, twenty years or more, and during this time Okonkwo's fame had grown like a bush-fire in the harmattan.”

• “He had a slight stammer and whenever he was angry and could not get his words out quickly enough, he would use his fists.”

• “He had no patience with unsuccessful men. He had had no patience with his father.”

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E2.5C

Match each vocabulary word to its synonym:

• improvident

• harsh

• dense

• thoughtless

• spectator

• worn

• haggard

• observer

• severe

• thick

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E2.2B