Things Fall Apart

This flexible-use quiz is designed for reading comprehension assessment and activity needs in classroom, home-schooling and other settings. Questions connect to the text’s plot, characters, and themes — and align with the content and chapter organization in the rest of this study guide. Use quizzes as pre-reading hooks, reading checks, discussion starters, entrance/exit “tickets,” small group activities, writing activities, and lessons on finding evidence and support in a text.

Depth of Knowledge Levels: Questions require respondents to demonstrate ability to: 

1. Recall and Understand Content (e.g., who, what, where, when) 
2. Apply and Analyze Ideas (e.g., how and why)

1. What best describes Okonkwo’s attitude toward his father Unoka?

A) He believes his father is a powerful leader who is worthy of respect.

B) He believes his father is one of the wisest men in his community.

C) He believes his father is lazy and pitiful.

D) He’s never met his father.

2. What is Okonkwo’s ethnicity?

A) Igbo/Ibo

B) Yoruba

C) Hausa

D) Ijaw

3. How did Okonkwo distinguish himself and bring honor to his people 20 years ago?

A) by leading an army to victory in a battle against a rival clan

B) by driving Christian missionaries out of his community

C) by defeating Amalinze the Cat in a wrestling match