Quiz Achebe day 2        Name: ___________________________ TA Name: ________________
1. It was decided by the oracle that the boy Okonkwo had raised, Ikemefuna, was to be killed. Describe the manner in which he dies.

2. Chapter Nine is the first of two chapters focused on Ezinma, Okonkwo’s favorite daughter. When she is sick in this chapter, how does Okonkwo help find a way to heal her?

3. At one point in her young life, it is feared that Ezinma is ogbanje. How does the medicine man Okagbue Uyanwa help to break the cycle of ogbanje, where the spirit of the dead child revisits the mother time and again?

4. A tale is told by the cooking fire about snake. Why did snake kill his mother over a matter of green vegetables?

5. In Chapter 10, the story is told of a gathering on the village ilo attended by the egwugwu, the ancestors of the clan. What is the case that is to be heard by the egwugwu?

6. Where is Okonkwo during this ceremony/ trial?

7. A story is told in Chapter 11 about the tortoise and the feast in the sky. What happens to tortoise at the end of the story?

8. On an especially dark night the compound of Okonkwo is visited by Chielo, acting as the priestess of Agbala. What does she want on this night?

9. The following day, there is a ceremony for the wedding of one of Obierka’s daughters. As the men of the village wait for the groom’s family, there is speculation about how generous this family will be for the ceremonies. What do they begin counting to assess how generous the groom’s family is?

10. Why, at the end of Part 1 of the novel, does Okonkwo have to leave his own village for 7 years?

Extra 1⁄2 point. How does Ekwefi, mother of Ezinma, come to be married to Okonkwo?

Quiz Things Fall Apart Name: ________________
1. Unoka was Okonkwo's father, who had amassed many debts. Okoye, intending to "take a title" shortly, was in need of money and came to collect his debt from Unoka. What was Unoka's reply?

2-3. "The lad's name was Ikemefuna, whose story is still told in Umuofia to this day" (2508). Briefly tell how Ikemefuna he came to the village. Who came to the village along with Ikemefuna? (2 points).

4. Okonkwo’s life as a farmer was handicapped by the kind of father that he had. How did Okonkwo manage to procure the seed yams necessary to start his farming?
5-6. When "Okonkwo was provoked to justifiable anger by his youngest wife," he gave her a beating. What was her offense? Why was this action, though "justifiable," considered an offense (a kind of crime)? (2 points)

7. During the Feast of the New Yam, Okonkwo was unsettled by the lack of work to do. He accused his second wife of killing a banana tree (she had taken some leaves to wrap food) and beats her. Later, when she insults him, hee tries to punish her even more severely. What is this second punishment (only attempted)?

8. What is the most enthusiastically followed sport in the nine villages?9. Name either the food that was traditionally offered as a sign of hospitality when one had a visitor, or the adult beverage of choice among the Umuofian villagers.

10. In what language is Things Fall Apart written?Extra 1⁄2 point. As Ezinma and her mother, Ekwefi, are cooking, the children came on the scene, and Obiageli, Ekwefi’s sister, was crying. About what was she crying?