Culture and Traditions
Okonkwo breaks an important rule during this week
Week of Peace
Considered a lazy man who died in debt, this character is responsible for making Okonkwo the successful, harsh man he is today.
Unoka
Okonkwo gained his fame by becoming a champion in this sport.
Wrestling
The author of Things Fall Apart is _______
Chinua Achebe
_________ are humans in disguise. They represent the spirits of the ancestors.
Egwugwu
Okonkwo lives in the villages of ___________.
Umuofia
Okonkwo was told not to participate in the death of which character?
Ikemefuna
After Okonkwo shoots a boy by accident, he is exiled for _____ years.
Seven
The Igbo tribe's main crop is ____
Yams
Considered evil, _________ are often thrown away.
Twins
What village was Okonkwo and his family exiled to?
Mbanta
This character prefers his mother's gentle folktales to his father's violent stories.
Nwoye
Enoch committed something unthinkable to the village: he unmasked an ________
Egwugwu
Villagers break this nut during social occasions
the Kola Nut
Before a marriage, the _______ price must be negotiated.
Bride
Where did the villagers allow the missionaries to build their church?
The Evil Forest
One of Okonkwo's favorite daughters.
Ezinma
After one of the villagers unmasks the egwugwu, Okonkwo and his men burn down the ________
One of the Christians kills the sacred, royal ______
Python
The villagers don't know what bicycles are, so they call them ______ _______s.
Iron horses
What village was FIRST destroyed by the "white men?"
Abame
After Mr. Brown dies, this white man comes to replace him. He's less understanding and more judgmental than Mr. Brown was.
Reverend Smith
After Okonkwo dies, the District Commissioner wants to include him in his book. The title is the ________ of the Primitive Tribes of the Lower Niger.
Pacification
Obierika and the others cannot touch Okonkwo's body because _______ is a grave sin.
Suicide