Things Fall Apart | Short Answer Test Questions

Short Answer Questions

Directions: Answer each question with the appropriate short response.

Short Answer Questions - Chapter 1

1. How does eighteen-year-old, Okonkwo, bring honor to his village?

2. When Okonkwo is angry and cannot speak because of his stutter, how does he get his point across?

3. Who is Okonkwo's father?

4. Why doesn't Okonkwo have any patience with his father?

5. When is the only time that Unkona is not haggard and mournful?

6. Why does Unkona's neighbor, Okoye, visit him?

7. Why does Unkona change the subject to music when he and Oybe are discussing the impending war with the village of Mbaino?

8. While talking with Okoye about the war, Unkona changes the subject to which topic?

9. Why does Okoye need to collect a past debt from Unkona?