The crop is lost. The earth goddess is nuts. This Things Fall Apart Chapter 3 Quiz details Okonkwo’s ruthless fight to establish his first farm through share-cropping. Feel the yam seeds hardship now.
Things Fall Apart Chapter 3 Quiz Questions
- What is Chapter 3 primarily about?
- Who is Unoka in relation to Okonkwo?
- What kind of man was Unoka?
- What was Unoka’s greatest weakness?
- What did Unoka love to do instead of farming?
- Why did people refuse to lend Unoka money?
- What eventually happens to Unoka?
- What disease causes Unoka’s death?
- Where is Unoka’s body left after his death?
- Why is Unoka not buried in the ground?
- What effect does Unoka’s failure have on Okonkwo?
- Who helps Okonkwo begin his farming career?
- What does Okonkwo ask Nwakibie for?
- What reputation does Nwakibie have in the village?
- What does Nwakibie say a man must do to succeed?
- How many seed-yams does Nwakibie give to Okonkwo?
- What happens during Okonkwo’s first year of farming?
- What natural event first strikes his farm?
- What follows the drought to make matters worse?
- What lesson does Okonkwo learn from the difficult year?
- What proverb does Achebe use to describe the hard year?
- How does Okonkwo view his survival after the harsh season?
- What does the disaster teach the farmers of Umuofia?
- How does Okonkwo compare himself to Unoka after the ordeal?
- What role does the chi, or personal god, play in this chapter?
- What does Okonkwo believe about a man’s chi?
- What crop is central to Okonkwo’s ambitions?
- What title does Achebe give to yams in Igbo culture?
- What theme is reinforced in Chapter 3?
- How does Chapter 3 end?