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100

"[Okonkwo] was so weak that his legs could hardly carry him. He felt like a drunken giant walking with the limbs of a mosquito."

The literary device used in the quote is

What is similie?

100

Define foreshadowing.

What is foreshadowing is a device used to give an indication or hint of what is to come later in the story?

100

Find an example of similie on page 101, third to last paragraph.

What is "the priestess cursed, her voice cracking like the angry bark of thunder in the dry season"

100

How does Okonkwo break the peace during the Week of Peace?

What is he beats one of his wives?

100

The country that the book takes place in is

What is Nigeria?

200

On rainy afternoons...she would lose the thread of the conversation and a tear of nostalgia would salt her palate when she saw the strips of damp earth and the piles of mud that the earthworms had pushed up in the garden.

The literary device used in this quote is 

What is imagery?

200

List the 4 types of conflict.

What is person v person, person v self, person v society, person v nature?

200

Find an example of metaphor on page 153, second paragraph.

What is "Okonkwo was popularly called the “Roaring Flame”. As he looked into the log fire he recalled the name. He was a flaming fire.?"

200

Why is Ikemefuna sent from another village to live with Okonkwo?

What is as part of the price for a woman being murdered?

200

What is Okonkwo's punishment for accidentally killing Ezeudu's son?

What is the entire family must live in exile for seven years?

300

Among the Igbo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten,

The literary device used in this quote is

What is metaphor?

300

What is the difference between similie and metaphor?

What is similie uses "like" or "as"?

300

Find an example of imagery in page 23, first complete paragraph.

What is "The blazing sun returned, more fierce than it had ever been known, and scorched all the green that had appeared with the rains"?

300

Who is the Cat?

What is a great wrestler whom Okonkwo beat as a young man?

300

How do people contest gender norms?

This question is level...(1, 2, or 3).

What is Level 3?

400

At last Sky was moved to pity, and he gave to Vulture rain wrapped in leaves of coco-yam. (48)

The literary device used in this quote is

What is personification?

400

What is the difference between mood and tone?

What is tone is how the author feels about the topic, mood is how the reader feels in response?

400

Find an example of personification on page 75, bottom of first paragraph.

What is "Mosquito, she had said, had asked Ear to marry him, whereupon Ear fell on the floor in uncontrollable laughter"?

400

What is Nwoye's reaction to Ikemefuna's death?

What is he feels like something has broken inside him?

400

The capital of Nigeria is

What is Abuja?

500

The title "Things Fall Apart"

The literary device used in the title is

What is foreshadowing?

500

Define motif

What is a recurring/repeated element with symbolic meaning?

500

Find an example of internal or person vs. self conflict in page 63, second paragraph.

What is “He did not sleep at night. He tried not to think about Ikemefuna, but the more he tried the more he thought about him"?

500

Why does Ekwefi like to watch wrestling?

What is she fell in love with Okwonko when he beat the Cat at wrestling?

500

Why is Ekwefi so distraught by Ezinma's illness?

What is all of her children died early in childhood?