Okonkwo
Unoka
Culture Deep Dive
Village Drama
Family Matters
100
3 characteristics of Okonkwo
Acceptable responses: What is...?
-Famous -Heavy handed -Determined
-Violent -Aggressive -Hardworking
-Fiery temper -Fearful -Successful
-Impatient -Resentful -Ashamed
100
3 characteristics of Unoka:
Acceptable responses: What is...?
-Lazy -Debtor
-Unsuccessful -Improvident
-Failure -Weak
100
This crop is very important to the Igbo people and is considered a man's crop...
What is...
Yams?
100
Okonkwo's village is named...
What is...
Umuofia?
100
Who is Okonkwo's son by blood? (His biological son)
Nwoye or Ikemefuna
What is...
Nwoye?
200
Okonkwo ruled his household with...
Hint: Take a look at Chapter 2 (page 13 Orange book or page 23 Green and Purple book)
What is...
a heavy hand?
200
Unoka's favorite activities include...
What is...
drinking, gambling, and playing the flute?
200
This farming season has brought nothing but heavy rain and flooding.
All yam seeds have rotted beneath the earth.
Your group has lost 200 Yam seeds to the relentless rain.
200
Your neighbor stops by your hut to share a Kola nut.
You begin to discuss this season's upcoming harvest.
You have built trust with your neighbor and they kindly gift you 200 yam seeds.
200
Ikemefuna got taken because his father...
What is...
killed a woman from Umuofia?
300
The disadvantages Okonkwo had starting his adult life...
Look at the 2nd paragraph on Page 18 (Orange book) or the last paragraph on Page 28 (Purple and Green book)
What is...
"He neither inherited a barn nor a title, nor even a young wife." (Achebe 18)/ (Achebe 28)?
300
Unoka's shameful death was... (Be as specific as possible)
Hint: Look at Paragraph 1 on Page 18 (Orange book) or Paragraph 2 on Page 28 (Purple and Green book)
What is...
He died of a sickness that was an abomination to the earth goddess (swelling to his stomach and arms) alone tied to a tree in the Evil Forest?
300
Agbala means...
Hint: Look at page 13 (Orange book) or page 23 (Green and Purple book)
What is...
a derogatory term for a woman OR a man who has taken no title.
300
The rain has persisted for weeks and weeks now.
All of the yams seeds this harvest season have rotted under the ground and need to be dug up.
Your group has lost 300 yam seeds.
300
Your kind neighbor Nwakibie trusts you and gifts you 300 yam seeds to help rebuild your farm.
Your group has been gifted 300 yam seeds, use them wisely.
400
In your own words:
Unoka's words tried "Okonkwo's patience beyond words" because...
What is...
Okonkwo is frustrated with Unoka because he's had to work so hard to build his life and success from nothing since he's inherited nothing from his lazy father?
400
In your own words:
Unoka thinks Okonkwo will not despair after the worst harvest year of his life because...
Hint: Take as look at the bottom of page 24 (Orange book) or the middle of page 35 (Green and Purple book)
What is...
Unoka thinks Okonkwo has enough pride in himself to recover from such a devastating loss while other men who are discouraged easily will just give up to failure?
400
The weather during Okonkwo's first harvest share-cropping was...
What is...
The worst in living history for farmers, too dry then too wet?
400
This story is set in a fictional village in the country now known as...
What is...
Nigeria?
400
12 year old Nwoye causes Okonkwo great anxiety because...
Hint: Look at Chapter 2 (bottom of Page 13 orange book or top of page 24 Green and Purple book)
What is...Nwoye is starting to show signs of "incipient laziness" like Unoka.
500
The number of Okonkwo's wives and children are...
Hint: Somewhere in Chapter 2
What is...
Three wives and eight children?
500
A major drought has devastated Umuofia!
Many yam seeds failed to grow this season.
Your group has lost 500 yam seeds.
500
This season has been wonderful for agriculture!
A perfect balance of sun and rain has granted you 500 perfect yam seeds!
500
"Umoufia was feared by all its neighbors" because...
Hint: Page 11 Orange book or Page 21 Green and Purple book)
"It was powerful in war and in magic, and its priests and medicine men were feared in all the surrounding country"
500
The village Ikemefuna got taken from is called...
What is...
Mbaino?