FIRST TERM EXAMINATION ON READING AND EXPRESSION SKILLS JS 2 NEW

Things Fall Apart by China Achebe

SECTION A (Objective)s

1. Okonkwo's youngest wife who is beaten up by Okonkwo on the week of peace is ______

2. The village where Ikemefuna is taken to as a slave is ______

3. What figure of speech is used in this statement, "Okonkwo's neighbors heard his wife crying and sent their voices over the compound wall to know what was wrong

4. Okonkwo's wife who nearly got shot by him is called_____

5. The 'Ilo' in Umuofia is the name for the _____

6. Obierika's son who won the first round of wrestling contest is____

7. The figure of speech used in the expression,"Proverb is the palm oil the Igbo people use to eat yam"is _____

8. The priestess of Agbala and the Oracle of the hills and caves is _____

9. The themes of Things Fall Apart includes all except______

10. Things Fall Apart is a ______

SUBJECTIVES

"That boy calls you father. Do not bear a hand in his death"

11. Who made the above statement?______

12. To whom is the statement spoken to ?

13. In branches of literature, Things Fall Apart is categorised under ______

14. The author of Things Fall Apart is ______

15. The number of yam seedlings Okonkwo's started farming with is______

16. Example of one proverb used in the novel,"Things Fall Apart" is _______

17. One setting in the novel is ______

18. "I think she will stay. They usually stay if they do not die before the age of six". Who made the statement?_____

19. In Igbo land , a child who dies and comes back to the world again is called ______

20. The name of Nwoye's sister is _______

SECTION B. (THEORY)

Answer only four questions from this section

1. Discuss the theme of 'bravery' in Things Fall Apart with illustrations from the text.

2. Discuss in details the characterization of Okonkwo in Things Fall Apart

3. 'Unoka is a loafer and an improvident man'. Support the above statement with illustrations from the text

4. With instances from the text, discuss how the decisions of the gods influence and rule the activities of people in Umuofia village.

5. Explain these terms with reference to the text'Things Fall Apart' (a) setting (b) plot (c) Theme (d) protagonist