Things Fall Apart Chapters 17-18 Quiz

Things Fall Apart Chapters 17-18 questions

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1. What land do the elders of Mbanta grant the missionaries?
   An abandoned compound of a man who was exiled · Ground beside the stream the women use for water · A plot in the Evil Forest, expecting them to die · A strip of farmland at the edge of the market
2. How does Okonkwo react when he learns Nwoye has been going to the church?
   He goes to the church and tears down its new roof · He sends him to Umuofia to live with Obierika · He disowns him before the whole of Uchendu's family · He seizes him by the throat until Uchendu stops him
3. Sitting alone afterwards, what does Okonkwo fear most about Nwoye's choice?
   That his line will abandon the ancestors' rites · That Nwoye will lead the Christians against him · That the clan will strip him of his two titles · That his other sons will be refused brides
4. Why do the outcasts dedicated to a god become such firm converts?
   The church promises them land of their own to farm · The church receives them as equals of free men · The church pays them for clearing its new ground · The church lets them keep their old shrine duties
5. After the sacred python is killed, why does the clan shun the Christians rather than drive them out?
   It fears the soldiers who emptied Abame's market · Mr Kiaga agrees to punish the man responsible · It trusts the offended god to avenge itself · Uchendu persuades the elders that no snake died

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