Things Fall Apart Study Guide

1. Chinua Achebe was born and educated in

• Chad
• Mali
• Nigeria
• South Africa

2. Achebe was raised by parents who were

• an Igbo priestess and medicine man
• evangelical Christians
• university professors
• Buddhist monks

3. The novel takes place in

• Mbanto
• Johannesburg
• Umuofia
• both Umuofia and Mbanto

4. Okonkwo was born

• the son of a priestess
• the son of a white master and African mistress
• the son of a rich man
• the son of a failure

5. In his youth, Okwonko gained fame

• in a clan meeting, where he argued eloquently for peace
• in a boxing match, where he beat a boxer called the Fox
• in a wrestling match, where he beat a wrestler called the Cat
• in the Festival of the New Yam, when he played the flute

6. Okonkwo's father was named

• Ikemefuna
• Obierika
• Unoka
• Nwoye

7. Okonkwo has

• two wives
• four wives
• one wife
• three wives

8. Okonkwo is driven to extreme behaviors in part because

• he is a fanatical Christian
• he is the chief of his clan
• he was abused as a child
• he is terrified of failure

9. Okonkwo's second wife is named

• Ekwefi
• Ezinma
• Ikemefuna
• Obgiugi

10. Ikemefuna comes to live in Umuofia

• as a sacrifice by made his clan, which hopes to avoid war
• because his parents, who were Christian missionaries, died suddenly
• because he is Okonkwo's nephew and his mother has died
• none of the above