Culture and Traditions
Considered a lazy man who died in debt, this character is responsible for making Okonkwo who he is today!
Unoka
Young man and a virgin
Considered evil, ______ are often thrown away at birth.
Twins
Okonkwo is considered a famous warrior who gained his fame by throwing which character?
Amalinze The Cat
"Dazed with ____, Okonkwo drew his machete and cut him down. He was afraid of being thought weak."
This crop is a staple in the Igbo tribe: people call it a "man's crop"
Yams
Before a marriage, the _______ must be negotiated.
Bride-price
After Okonkwo is exiled, he must go back to his motherland of _____
Mbanta
Okonkwo was told, though he did not listen, to not participate in the death of this person
Ikemefuna
A wife runs away and accuses her husband of beating her so hard that she miscarries. What must the husband bring to fix their marriage?
Wine
The first white man comes riding on an iron horse. The villagers don't know what we know: it's actually a ___
Bicycle
_________ are humans in disguise. They represent the nine spirits of the ancestors.
Egwugwu
This character prefers his mother's gentle folktales to his father's violent stories.
Nwoye
"My buttocks"
During special occasions, people gather and break this food!
Kola Nut
Ezinma, Okonkwo's fave daughter is a ___________: a child who repeatedly dies and is reborn.
Ogbanje (changeling)
This was the FIRST village to be destroyed by the "white men."
Abame
After Mr. Brown dies, this white man comes to replace him. (He was harsh and intolerant of the villagers' beliefs.)
Reverend John Smith
After Okonkwo's death, the District Commissioner (aka the white man in charge) thinks his story should be part of his book. He thinks he can write an entire ____ about Okonkwo.
Paragraph
This animal is killed by a Christian convert, insulting Okonkwo and the entire Igbo clan.
The royal python