Characters
Who is the main character of the book?
Okonkwo
How are we introduced to our main character?
He just beat a famous wrestler
Who eats first?
The husband, "man of the house"
Which crop is the manly crop?
Yams
What is the main character's adopted son's name?
Ikemefuna
What happened during a week of peace in the 4th chapter?
Okonkwo threatened to shoot his third wife.
What happens to chronically ill members of the tribe?
Left in the forest to die.
Another name for bicycles?
Iron horses
What is the name of the main character's first born son?
Nwoye
What was the main character asked to do to his adopted son?
Murder him
What is the food that is brought when visiting someone in the tribe?
Kola nut
Describe the father of our main character.
Okoye. Always in debt, liked music, hated war, died of illness in the forest
Who did the main character best in wrestling when he was 18?
Amalinze The Cat
What starts to happen in the village during Okonkwo's exile?
Missionaries arrive to convert the tribes to Christianity.
What is the week of peace?
A time when no violence is allowed in order to appease the gods of the crops.
Wants to be the opposite of his failure of a father
Ezinma
Name some of the reasons why Nwoye left for the church.
Ikemefuna's death, his father's violence, and the abandonment of the twins (less important)
What is regarded highly in the art of conversation?
Proverbs
What was the name of the head missionary?
Mr. Brown