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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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