Characters
Plot Development
Literary Devices
Vocabulary
Who said it?
100

Okonkwo and his family are a part of what ethnic group?

Igbo 

100

How many wives does Okonkwo have by the end of the novel? 

Three

100

The following quote is an example of which type of figurative language. 

"He saw the world as a battlefield in which the children of light were locked in mortal conflict with the sons of darkness"

Simile 

100

This a changeling child, or evil spirit, that constantly dies and is reborn to bring suffering to the mother.

Hint-Ezinma was thought to be one of these.

Ogbanje

100

"I shall fight alone if I choose." 

Okonkwo

200

Character is nicknamed "The Roaring Flame" 

Okonkwo

200

What holy animal do the clan suspect the Christians have killed and eaten

Python

200

Which characters are foils? (Exact opposites)

Okonkwo and Unoka

200

Who are the Osu? 

Outcasts 

200

"This is the house of God and I will not live to see it desecrated."

 Mr. Smith

300

This character changed his name to "Isaac" 

Nwoye

300

Who is the first missionary that arrives in Umuofia?

Mr. Brown

300

Explain how Okonkwo's death is ironic.

His greatest fear was to be a failure like his father, and he died alone and in shame just as Unoka did. 
300

What is the name for one's personal god, or spirit guide?

Chi

300

"He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart." 

Obierika
400

The first missionary that arrives in Umuofia, known for his compromising and tolerant nature.

Mr. Brown

400
What does Enoch do to provoke the rage of the clan?

He unmasks an egwugwu

400

Give one example of irony in the story.

Answers will vary: 

Possible topics could include Okonkwo's exile and his death, or the title of the District Commissioners book. 

400

"Mr. Brown preached against an excess of such zeal" 

What does zeal mean in the context of the sentence?

Intense enthusiasm or passion

400
"My father, they have killed me!" 

Ikemefuna

500

This character was an over-zealous Christian convert

Enoch

500

What is the major conflict in "Things Fall Apart" 

The battle between traditional beliefs and the changes brought by colonization.

(Tradition vs. Change)

500

Give one example of foreshadowing in the novel. 

Possible Answers: 

The arrival of the Locusts 

Obierika's advice to Okonkwo after the killing of Ikemefuna 

Nwoye's conversion

Okonkwo's suicide

500

What did the tribe name the titleless men who followed Christianity?

Efulefu

500

"Why can't you take him down yourself?"

The District Commissioner  

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