Things Fall Apart
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___ 1. What is the name of Okonkwo's motherland?
a. Mbaino
b. Mbutu
c. Mbanta
d. Mantra
___ 2. What holy animal does Okonkwo's clan suspect the Christians have killed and eaten?
a. A locust
b. A python
c. A monkey
d. A tortoise
___ 3. What is the name of the first missionary who comes to Umuofia?
a. Mr. Brown
b. Reverend Smith
c. Mr. Jones
d. Missionary Man
___ 4. How many villages does Umuofia comprise?
a. One
b. Four
c. Nine
d. Seven
___ 5. Whom did Okonkwo beat in his legendary wrestling match?
a. Ekwefi Ogbuedi the Rooster
b. Ogbuedi the Snake
c. Isaac the Toad
d. Amalinze the Cat
___ 6. In what country does Things Fall Apart take place?
a. Kenya
b. Nigeria
c. Chad
d. South Africa
___ 7. What do the inhabitants of Mbanta believe is responsible for the white man's miraculous survival
after having built his church in the Evil Forest?
a. His eyeglasses
b. His Bible
c. His borrowed machete
d. His attitude
___ 8. What is an ogbanje?
a. masked spirit
b. A type of yam soup
c. A changeling child
d. A musical instrument
___ 9. What does Okonkwo constantly wish Ezinma had been?
a. His firstborn child
b. A son
c. better cook
d. A donkey
___ 10. What does a palm tapper tap?
a. His hand, to keep the beat
b. A shoulder, for advice
c. A tree, for wine
d. The ground, for oil
___ 11. For what reason is Okonkwo exiled?
(A) He owes money
(B) He willfully kills a fellow clan member
(C) He steals yams
(D) He unintentionally kills a fellow clan member
___ 12. What are the outcasts required to do before they may join the church?
a. Shave their heads
b. Pierce their tongues
c. Get cam wood tattoos
d. Change their names
___ 13. What is the name of Okonkwo's second wife?
a. Chielo
b. Ojiugo
c. Ekwefi
d. Ezinma
___ 14. Where are the Christian women forbidden to go when the clan hears of the killing of a royal
python?
a. To the Evil Forest
b. To the stream
c. To the church
d. To the Tribal Council Meeting
___ 15. What does Okonkwo do even though he is advised not to?
a. Marry Ojiugo
b. Beat Nwoye twice
c. Attack Chielo
d. Help kill Ikemefuna
___ 16. What crop is king for the Igbo?
a. Cassava
b. Yam
c. Cotton
d. Riding Crop
___ 17. When the Igbo refer to the "iron-horse," they mean
a. A train carriage
b. Maduka, the star wrestler
c. A bicycle
d. An elephant
___ 18. What is the polite name for leprosy among the Igbo?
a. The swelling sickness
b. The white skin
c. The heathen state
d. The albino condition
___ 19. When do the clan members share the kola nut?
a. When declaring war
b. When giving birth to children
c. When wrestling
d. When gathering for social occasions
___ 20. In the allegory of Tortoise, what do the birds give to Tortoise?
a. Bird seed
b. Feathers
c. Water
d. A branch
___ 21. What does Enoch do to provoke the rage of the clan?
a. He unmasks an egwugwu
b. He converts Nwoye
c. He steals 200 cowry shells
d. He mutilates twins
___ 22. How does Okonkwo die?
a. He is poisoned by the Commissioner
b. He hangs himself
c. He is stabbed by Enoch
d. He dies of the swelling disease
___ 23. Why are the villagers happy when the locusts arrive?
a. Because they represent future happiness
b. Because they mean good weather and good crops
c. Because their bodies can be made into glue
d. Because they taste good
___ 24. What does Okonkwo fear most?
a. Joining the missionaries
b. Confronting his father
c. Becoming like his father
d. The overthrow of the village elders
___ 25. The title Things Fall Apart is taken from a poem by
a. Alfred Lord Tennyson
b. Joseph Conrad
c. T.S. Eliot
d. William Butler Yeats
___ 26. The novel takes place in
a. Umuofia
b. Mbanto
c. Johannesburg
d. both a and b
___ 27. Okwonko was born
a. the son of a rich man
b. the son of a white master and African mistress
c. the son of a priestess
d. the son of a failure
___ 28. In his youth, Okwonko gained fame
a. in a boxing match, where he beat a boxer called the Fox
b. in a wrestling match, where he beat a wrestler called the Cat
c. in a clan meeting, where he argued eloquently for peace
d. in the Festival of the New Yam, when he played the flute
___ 29. Okwonko's father was named
a. Obierika
b. Unoka
c. Nwoye
d. kemefuna
___ 30. Okwonko has
a. one wife
b. two wives
c. three wives
d. four wives
___ 31. Okwonko is driven to extreme behaviors in part because
a. he is a fanatical Christian
b. he is terrified of failure
c. he was abused as a child
d. he is the chief of his clan
___ 32. Okwonko's second wife is named
a. Obgiugi
b. Ikemefuna
c. Ezinma
d. Ekwefi
___ 33. Ikemefuna comes to live in Umuofia
a. as a sacrifice by made his clan, which hopes to avoid war
b. because he is Okwonko's nephew and his mother has died
c. because his parents, who were Christian missionaries, died suddenly
d. none of the above
___ 34. Ikemefuna becomes especially close with
a. Ezinma
b. Ekwefi
c. Nwoye
d. Both b and c
___ 35. After three years, the clan commands that Ikemefuna be killed because
(a): he has leprosy
(b): he has the sleeping sickness
(c): he breaks clan law
(d): he is the sacrifice for the earth goddess
___ 36: When a woman of Umuofia bears twins, the infants are
(a): worshipped as gods
(b): thrown in the river
(c): abandoned in the forest
(d): dedicated to the priesthood
___ 37: When Ikemefuna is taken to be killed, Okwonko
(a): weeps for three days
(b): goes with the men
(c): participates in Ikemefuna's execution
(d): both b and c
___ 38: The staple crop of the Igbo is
(a): rice
(b): wheat
(c): corn
(d): yams
___ 39: Ekwefi's sorrow is that
(a): her husband is cruel
(b): she has born ten children, and nine have died
(c): she used to be a princess
(d): she is secretly a Christian
___ 40: As a young girl, Ezinma could best be described as
(a): manipulative and cruel
(b): precocious and charming
(c): dull but kind
(d): healthy and vivacious
___ 41: Clan religious authorities believe that Ekwefi is cursed by an ogbanje,
(a): a demon who haunts old women
(b): a wicked child who returns to its mother to be reborn so that it can die again
(c): a cat spirit that steals children
(d): the ghost of a murdered adulteress
___ 42: The clan's important decisions are made by
(a): a king
(b): a council of three chiefs
(c): consensus reached in a gathering of all the clan's men, some ten thousand in number
(d): an empress
___ 43: The clan's important decisions must be approved by
(a): a king
(b): the Oracle of the Hills and the Caves
(c): Okwonko
(d): the high chief
___ 44: Nwoye could best be described as
(a): fierce and violent
(b): irritable and malicious
(c): sad and thoughtful
(d): stupid and lazy
___ 45: Late one night, Ezinma is taken temporarily by
(a): the white man
(b): Nwoye
(c): Ikemefuna's ghost
(d): the Oracle of the Hills and the Caves
___ 46: The relationship between Okwonko's wives could best be described as
(a): catty and backstabbing
(b): competitive and ruthless
(c): sisterly and supportive
(d): angry and full of jealousy
___ 47: Okwonko's treatment of his family could best be described as
(a): loving and tender
(b): stern and often violent
(c): generous and rational
(d): stern but often indulgent
___ 48: For certain religious festivals, men of the clan become the living vessels for important clan spirits.
The rituals involve elaborate costumes and masks. These spirits are called
(a): ozu
(b): obi
(c): egwugwu
(d): ogbanje
___ 49: Okwonko is at a funeral for Ogbuefi Ezeudu when
(a): the man's ghost warns him to leave Umuofia
(b): his gun goes off, killing a boy
(c): he steals some yams
(d): he steals a gun
___ 50: Okwonko is forced to go into exile for
(a): all time
(b): twenty years
(c): one year
(d): seven years
___ 51: Okwonko flees to
(a): Umaru
(b): Mbanto
(c): Abame
d. England
___ 52: Okwonko and his family are taken in by
a. Christian missionaries
b. his mother's family
c. his father's family
d. Ikemefuna's family
___ 53: Uchendu is
a. a convert
b. the oldest member of Okwonko's mother's family
c. the chief of Mbanto
d. both a and c
___ 54: Uchendu could best be described as
a. wise and gentle
b. stern and cruel
c. profiteering and greedy
d. angry but indulgent
___ 55: During Okwonko's exile,
a. the Christians arrive in the region
b. the white man arrives in the region
c. World War I begins
d. both a and b
___ 56: Okwonko is enraged and embittered when
a. Ezinma is raped by a white man
b. Nwoye is killed by soldiers
c. Nwoye becomes a Christian
d. Ezinma runs off with a lover
___ 57: When Okwonko returns to Umuofia, he finds that
a. Christians have won converts there
b. Obierika is dead
c. Chielo is dead
d. Both a and b
___ 58: The white man has set up
a. a court, where a District Commissioner forces white law on Umuofia
b. an alms house, where Christians dispense medicine
c. a trading center, where Umuofia's goods can be sold at great profit
d. both a and c
___ 59: The first head of the missionary efforts in Umuofia is
a. Mr. Brown, who is gentle and willing to compromise
b. Mr. Kiaga, who is fanatical and violent
c. Mr. Smith, who is fanatical and intolerant
d. Mr. Jacobs, who eventually goes native
___ 60: After the first head of the Christians leaves because of poor health, he is replaced by
a. Mr. Brown, who is gentle and willing to compromise
b. Mr. Kiaga, who is faithful and wise
c. Mr. Smith, who is fanatical and intolerant
d. Mr. Jacobs, who eventually goes native
___ 61: Events come to a head when a Christian convert
a. unmasks an egwugwu
b. rapes a woman at the river
c. kills Ezinma
d. spits on Chielo
___ 62: In response to the outrage mentioned in question 38, the clan
a. kills all the Christians
b. kills Mr. Brown
c. kills Mr. Smith
d. destroys the church
___ 63: In the events that follow, it becomes clear that
a. the white man is kind
b. the white man is unkind, but his religion is good
c. the people of Umuofia have completely lost their independence
d. Okwonko will lead his people to freedom