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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the name of Okonkwo's motherland? | Mbanta |
| What holy animal does Okonkwo’s clan suspect the Christians have killed and eaten? | a python |
| What is the name of the first missionary who comes to Umuofia? | Mr. Brown |
| How many villages does Umuofia comprise? | nine |
| Whom did Okonkwo beat in his legendary wrestling match? | Amalinze the Cat |
| In what country does Things Fall Apart take place? | Nigeria |
| 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? | his eyeglass |
| What is an ogbanje? | a challenging child |
| What does Okonkwo constantly wish Ezinma had been? | a boy |
| What does a palm tapper tap? | A tree, for wine |
| For what reason is Okonkwo exiled? | He unintentionally kills a fellow clan member |
| What are the outcasts required to do before they may join the church? | shave their heads |
| What is the name of Okonkwo’s second wife? | Ekwefi |
| Where are the Christian women forbidden to go when the clan hears of the killing of a royal python? | To the stream |
| What crop is king for the Igbo? | Yams |
| What does Okonkwo do even though he is advised not to? | Help kill Ikemefuma |
| When the Igbo refer to the “iron-horse,” what do they mean? | A bicycle |
| What is the polite name for leprosy among the Igbo? | The white skin |
| When do the clan members share the kola nut? | When gathering for social occasions |
| In the allegory of Tortoise, what do the birds give to Tortoise? | Feather |
| How does Okonkwo die? | He hangs himself |
| What does Enoch do to provoke the rage of the clan? | He unmasks an egwugwu |
| Why are the villagers happy when the locusts arrive? | Because they taste good |
| What does Okonkwo fear most? | Becoming like his father |
| The title Things Fall Apart is taken from a poem by | William Butler Yeats |
| How much of the harvest does Okonkwo keep? | 1/3 |
| What does Ekwefi, Okonkwo's 2nd wife do to anger Okonkwo? | She killed a banana tree (plucked a few leaves off) |
| Okonkwo lacked patience for ___________ men. | unsuccessful |
| When a stranger knocks on your door how do the people of Umuofia answer? | "Is that me?" (for fear evil spirit was calling) |
| Who is Nwoye? | lazy son |
| How does Okonkwo begin his wealth? | He asks a wealthy clansmen (Nwakibie) to give him 400 seeds of yams |
| How does Okonkwo treat his wives and children? | He rules with an iron fist because he wants to be nothing like his dad |
| What is the result of Unoka's unpaid debts? | Okonkwo has to succeed on his own |
| What was Unoka's community title? | He had no title. |
| Things Fall Apart was written by? | Chinua Achebe |
| What crop does Okonkwo grow? | Yams |
| What was Unoka told by the Oracle? | He would fail because of his laziness |
| How does Okonkwo react when his father attempted to help him by giving him advice about his crops? | Okonkwo felt annoyed |
| What is Umuofia? | Okonkwo's village |
| Why do the Umofia consider going to war with Mbaino? | A woman from Umofia is murdered in Mbaino? |
| What shameful illness did Unoka die of? | Swelling sickness |
| When does the "Feast of the New Yam" begin? | before the harvest |
| What does Umofia demand so that war with Mbaino is avoided? | A virgin woman and a young boy |
| What do you learn about why and when Umuofia would go to war? | The reasons for the war had to be clear and just. The oracle had to support the war. |
| What effect does that devastating harvest have on Okonkwo? | For the rest of his life he considers his survival during that difficult period proof of his inner strength |
| Who is Ezinma? | Okonkwo's favorite child |
| When Enoch unmasks an egwugwu, the clan responds by: | burning down the church |
| In the religion of the tribe, they: | worship one supreme god and several lesser gods |
| The white men brought with them: | a church |
| "Things Fall Apart" is a work of nonfiction. | true |
| Obierika shows his friendship to the exiled Okonkwo by bringing him: | a bag of cowries |
| Okonkwo was exiled from the clan for seven years because he: | accidentally killed a clansman |
| When the clan burns down the church, the white men imprison all of Igbo people. | False |
| At the end of the novel, Achebe changes the narrator to: | the District Commissioner |
| When confronted by a court messenger at a meeting of the clan, Okonkwo: | chops the messenger's head off |
| Nwoye disappoints Okonkwo by: | converting to Christianity |
| Chielo was: | the Oracle's priestess |
| During the Week of Peace, Okonkwo: | betas his wife |
| True or False: During the Week of Peace, no one is allowed to be violent or aggressive. | True |
| Mr. Brown's successor | Mr. Smith |
| Okonkwo's father was named | Unoka |
| Okonkwo has | three wives |
| The Feat of the New Yam was held | every year before the harvest began |
| When was Ekwefi almost shot? | the second day of the New Yam Festival |
| unmasked an Egwugwu | Enoch |
| What did the men of Umofia do after Enoch unmasked an Egwugwu? | they burned Mr. Brown's church |
| Why did Mr. Smith take over? | Mr. Brown got sick |
| Which wife did Okonkwo beat during the Week of Peace? | Ojiugo |
| Okonkwo’s third and youngest wife, and the mother of Nkechi. Okonkwo beats Ojiugo during the Week of Peace | Ojiugo |
| How many children did Nwoye's mother have? | 3 sons and 1 daughter |
| Why did Okonkwo beat Ojiugo? | she went to plait her hair and didn't return in time to make dinner |
| Ikemefuna becomes especially close with | Nwoye |
| After three years, the clan commands that Ikemefuna be killed because | Umuofia has decided to; the oracle pronounced it |
| When a woman of Umuofia bears twins, the infants are | abandoned in the forest |
| Ekwefi's sorrow is that | She has born ten children, and nine have died |
| ogbanje | a wicked child who returns to its mother to be reborn so that it can die again |
| The novel takes place in | Both Umuofia and Mbanta |
| What does the Commissioner ask in exchange of letting the 6 leaders go? | 200 bags of cowries |
| When did Okonkwo know Umuofia would not go to war w the white men? | when he cut down a messenger w his machete |
| calls Ekwefi by her name and is treated by her as an equal | Ezinma |
| the nickname Ezinma was called like her mother bc of her beauty | Crystal of Beauty |
| Why did Okonkwo kill Ikemefuma? | he was afraid of looking weak |
| "My father they have killed me" | Ikemefuma |
| sells Okonkwo's yams for him after he's exiled | Obierka |
| A priestess in Umuofia who is dedicated to the Oracle of the goddess Agbala; widow w two children, friendly w Ekwefi | Chielo |
| Enoch's father was priest of | the snake cult |
| discusses the clan's religious beliefs with Mr. Brown and makes him realize he cannot attack frontally | Akunna |
| native that converts Nwoye and many people in Mbanta | Mr. Kiaga |
| gives Okonkwo 800 yam seeds | Nwakibie |
| A famous medicine man whom Okonkwo summons for help in dealing with Ezinma’s health problems; known for his great knowledge about ogbanje children | Okagbue Uyanwa |
| Obierika’s son. Maduka wins a wrestling contest in his mid-teens. Okonkwo wishes he had promising, manly sons like Maduka | Maduka |
| daughter of Okonkwo’s first wife, Ezinma has a great deal of influence over her; breaks her water-pot by inyanga (bragging), | Obiageli |
| the first white missionary to travel to Umuofia | Mr. Brown |
| missionary who replaces Mr. Brown; uncompromising and strict, | Reverend Smith |
| ran away from her husband to marry Okonkwo; was charmed by his wrestling by the throwing of the Cat | Ekwefi |
| example of women crops | coco-yams, beans, and cassava |
| daughter of Okonkwo's third wife | Nkechi |
| the large living quarters of the head of the family | obi |
| court messenger | kotma |
| outcast | osu |
| Each of the nine egwugwu represented a village of the clan. | true |
| What did Obierka dislike abt his son Maduka? | he was too sharp (like himself) |
| half-sister of Maduka, Obierka's daughter who was getting married by Ibe (her suitor) and visited by suitors, wore jigida (beads), | Akueke |
| 1958 -- two yrs before Nigerian independence | When was it written? |
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