Things Fall Apart Chapters 13-14 Quiz

Things Fall Apart Chapters 13-14 questions

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1. What makes Okonkwo's offence at Ezeudu's funeral a crime against the earth?
   His gun burst and killed the dead man's son · He fired his gun inside the burial compound · He struck one of the masked spirits while dancing · He refused to dance in honour of a titled man
2. Why is Okonkwo banished for seven years rather than for good?
   Ezeudu's family agreed to accept a payment instead · The killing was judged accidental, not deliberate · He had taken two titles and so earned leniency · The Oracle fixed the term when it was consulted
3. What troubles Obierika as he helps destroy Okonkwo's compound?
   Whether the earth goddess has accepted the cleansing · Whether Okonkwo will take revenge when he returns · Whether a man should suffer so much for an accident · Whether the clan can spare so large a barn of yams
4. What lesson does Uchendu press on Okonkwo in Mbanta?
   A man owes his mother's people his first harvest · A man must never mourn a loss in front of kinsmen · A man's titles follow him wherever he settles · A man turns to his motherland when life goes hard
5. How does Okonkwo work his new farm in Mbanta?
   Without the appetite that had driven him at home · By planting cassava rather than yams for speed · With more energy than any man in the village · By hiring young men to do most of the labour

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Original questions written for Pagine. This book is in copyright, so questions paraphrase rather than quote it.