Characters
Who is our main character?
Who is Okonkwo?
Why does Okonkwo kill Ikemefuna?
He doesn't want to seem weak
What is Okonkwo's relationship with Ikemefuna like?
Ikemefuna was afraid of Okonkwo at first. But they had a father/son bond, even though Okonkwo never showed affection. (sign of weakness)
What is the crop that Okonkwo farms?
What are yams?
What emotion runs through Okonkwo's life?
What is fear? What is weakness?
What is the name of Okonkwo's lazy father?
Who is Unoka?
In Okonkwo's eyes, who "owns" the children?
Who are The wives/mother?
When talking about "the white-skinned" and lepers, what historical event is being foreshadowed?
What is colonialism, colonization, the British invasion, etc.
What food does Ezinma get because she is spoiled? What does she eat in her room/in bed?
What are eggs?
What is an Ilo? How is it used in festivals?
What is a village playground and wrestling arena?
What character gets sick at the end of chapter 10?
Who is Ezinma?
What are Okonkwo's values?
$$, success, harsh and brutal, rudeness, strength, no women, etc.
What happens to Ezinma?
What is sickness?
What is the "delicacy" that is eaten towards the start of the novel?
What are locusts?
What are the limits of the rain-maker?
What is: He could not stop the rain, and would not start it in the dry season without endangering his own health.
The limitations of the human body
Who is the Priestess of Agbala? The Oracle of the Hills and Caves
Who is Chielo?
What is the order of people who drink the palm wine in the village?
Okonkwo, the oldest men, and then the women.
How many of Ekwefi's children have died? (Ogbanji)
What is brought to the Egwugwu during the trial in chapter 10?
What is a wine offering?
What is "the worst year in living memory?"
What is a drought that persisted for 8 market weeks and killed all the yams?
Name all of Okonkwo's family members, and their position in the family.
Who are:
Unoka: Father
Wife #1: First wife
Wife #2: Ekwefi
Wife #3: Ojiugo
Son: Nwoye
Son: Ikemefuna
Daughter: Ezinma
Why was Okonkwo called a woman?
What is he has no title and went to a meeting "for men"
How can some of the women and Okonkwo's wives tell that he is one of the 10 Egwugwu?
What is his springy walk?
What is "sharecropping"?
An agricultural system where a landowner allows a tenant farmer to use their land in exchange for a share of the crops produced at harvest time, instead of paying cash rent.
What is the quote we covered at the end of the introduction?
“Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.”