Characters
The main woman in the story
Who is Chinaza?
Chinaza arrives in this country to begin her new life.
Who is United States?
This symbolizes Chinaza’s loss of cultural identity.
What is become mainstream?
“You must speak English like an American…”
Who is Ofodile?
What botherred Chinaza about Daves past?
What is his previous marriage?
Who is Ofodile?
Ofodile tells Chinaza to stop speaking this language.
what is Igbo?
The marriage in the story is arranged by whom?
Who is their aunt and uncle?
A formal word used to describe a marriage planned by others.
What is arranged marriage?
When Chinaza asked Dave why he had married her. He said...
What is because of her light skin/ nigerian wife?
What is the Husbands american name?
Dave
what is Pharmacist?
The food Chinaza cooks that Ofodile criticizes
What is rice with coconut?
A word that means to adjust or change to fit a new culture.
What is assimilate?
What does Nia tell Chinaza to do?
What is stay with Dave to get her papers?
What is Chinaza’s American name?
What is Agatha?
What reminds Chinaza of home at the store?
What is cookies/biscuits?
Chinaza realizes her marriage lacks this key emotional foundation
What is love?
The term used to describe someone who moves from one country to another.
What is an immigrant?
Why did Dave marry the american woman?
What is to get his green card?
Who is Chinaza’s neighbor and friend?
Who is Nia?
What is Chinaza's american name?
Who is Agatha?
What is the first American dish Chinaza tries to cook for Dave?
What is Turkey?
A term that means someone giving up their culture to fit in
what is assimilation?
By the end of the story what inner decision is Chinaza beginning to make about her future?
what is .. She is beginning to think for herself show her independence and possibly leave Dave in the near future.