Characters
Celebrations
Values
Miscellaneous
Vocabulary
100
Okonkwo
Who is the main character?
100
Week of Peace
What festival does Okonkwo violate?
100
Gods decree through priestess/Revenge for murder done by Ikemefuna's village member
Why is Ikemefuna killed?
100
Chinua Achebe
Who is the author of the book?
100
harmattan
What is a dry, dusty wind that blows from the Sahara to the Atlantic coast of Africa called?
200
Nwoye
What is the name of Okonkwo's oldest son?
200
betrothal ceremony for his daughter
With what event does Okonkwo help Obierka?
200
Chielo
Ezinma is taken to a cave by this person.
200
bicycle
What is an iron horse?
200
kola
What is an African tree whose nuts conatin caffeine called?
300
Ikemefuna
Who comes to live with Okonkwo's family for 3 years?
300
Okonkwo accidentally shoots a teenage boy
What happens at a funeral?
300
iyi-uwa (special stone)
What does Ezinma lead the medicine man to?
300
Nigeria
What country is the story set in?
300
cowries
What is the type of money used called?
400
Ezinma
Who is Okonkwo's favorite child?
400
it is unmasked
What happens to an egwegwu that changes the tribe?
400
beheads him with a machete
What does Okonkwo do to the chief messenger?
400
Amalinze the Cat
What is the name of the man Okonkwo beat in wrestling?
400
cassava
What is a tropical plant with edible, starchy roots?
500
Obierka
Who is Okonkwo's best friend?
500
Ani
The Feast of the New Yam is dedicated to this earth goddess.
500
their religion forbids them touching the body of someone who commits suicide
Why can't Okonkwo's own people bury him?
500
The Pacification of the Primitive Tribes of the Lower Niger
What is the name of the book the commissioner plans to write called?
500
foo-foo
What is an African food made from boiled and mashed yam?
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