Haroun
What is the father's job?
Trev and his mom argue on the first day of school about...
What Trev will wear
The number of men O returns home with?
0.
Chinua Achebe
The poetic form that starts the play
A sonnet
Mr. Sengupta
What does Trev carry around with him for "protection"?
A pocket knife
The war that started O's long journey
The Trojan War
What causes Okonkwo to get kicked out?
Killing the boy at the funeral
The first person to die in the play?
Mercutio
What real life situation inspired this text?
Rushdie having a bounty on his life!
Trev's main role model is?
His aunt - with her symbolic "shield" of defense from the outside world
Penelope, his wife
A custom/practice that parallels European behaviors too.
The Egwugwu - court case
According to the prologue, the only option to end this feud was...
with the children's death.
Mr. Sengupta is a parallel for...?
Khattum Shud
According to Trev, the place he can feel most safe is?
His dreams
The first monster that O encounters?
Polythemus
Okonkwo's oldest son
Nwoye
The character most clearly motivated by blind hatred.
Tybalt
Haroun restores his family by...
Defeating Khattum Shud - i.e. defeating silence, listening to his family and telling his own story!
Trev dreams that one day...
He'll save the world from its harsh realities and judgments of others
While O was off fighting, and having fun, Penelope was stuck at home and doing what?
Fending off suitors, staying loyal to O and running the kingdom
The result of Okonkwo's unwillingness to change, and inability to lead his fractured tribe.
O's suicide (or colonization)
While portraying a tragic love story, the play also warns of this teenage behavior...
Being too rash, or impulsive and not communicating before thinking.