After studying for twelve hours straight, Rob was growing weary.
Weary means
What is tired
100
Papa changed his accent when he spoke, sounding British, just as he did when he spoke to Father Benedict. He was gracious, in the eager-to-please way that he always assumed with the religious, especially with the white religious.
Who is Kambili
100
After Papa threw the missal, what did it break?
What is Mama's figurines
100
Why did Amaka not like Kambili at first?
What is Amaka thought Kambili was a rich snob
100
Where Kambili and Jaja live with Mama and Papa.
What is Enugu
200
Chris could see nothing but the sky over the fields as he wandered through the desolate
plains.
Desolate means
What is empty
200
“I cannot participate in a pagan funeral, but we can discuss with the parish priest and arrange a Catholic funeral.”
Who is Papa
200
What did Papa call the sip of tea he gives to Jaja and Kambili?
What is a love sip
200
What type of music does Amaka listen to?
What is indigenous music
200
Where Kambili and Jaja go to stay with Aunty Ifeoma and their cousins.
What is Nsukka
300
My mom always worries about my grades and the colleges that I’ll be able to attend, but if she were a little less fretful she’d be a lot more fun.
Fretful means
What is worried
300
“It’s your father. They called me from the factory, they found him lying dead on his desk.”
Who is Mama
300
At home, which outfit do Kambili and Jaja have to wash on their own?
What is the school uniform
300
Why is Jaja’s name “Jaja”?
What is it was all he could say when he was little.
300
characters that contrast with the main characters, and are usually a device to learn more about the qualities of the protagonist.
What is Foil character
400
The children in the orphanage might have starved had it not been for the benevolence of the nuns, who sacrificed their own small salaries to provide food for the children.
Benevolence
What is kindness
400
“They are always so quiet,” he said, turning to Papa. “So quiet.”
Who is Ade Coker
400
What is the name of Papa’s newspaper?
What is The Standard
400
How are conversations during mealtime different at Aunty Ifeoma’s than at Kambili’s house?
What is Kambili's family has very serious and purposeful conversations
400
a literary technique in which two or more ideas, places, characters and their actions are placed side by side in a narrative or a poem for the purpose of developing comparisons and contrasts.
What is juxtaposition
500
Though Joseph was the true king, his uncle usurped the throne and was now ruling the land quite cruelly.
Usurp means
What is took over
500
“When the missionaries first came, they didn’t think Igbo names were good enough. They insisted that people take English names to be baptized. Shouldn’t we be moving ahead?”
Who is Father Amadi
500
What the language did Father Benedict not like using in church?
What is Igbo
500
How did Ifeoma’s family’s recitation of the rosary differ from Kambili and Jaja’s?
What is they sing Igbo songs after each decade
500
These “experimental” flowers represent rebellion and defiance, but in a subtle, growing, feminine way.