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100
Umuofians grow lots of these.
What are yams?
100
This guy was killed by Okonkwo when the village elders said they needed to sacrifice him. He was like a son to Okonkwo.
Who is Ikemefuna?
100
Obierika tells Okonkwo it is not okay to do this, but especially not during the week of peace.
What is beat your wife?
100
Living fire, begets cold, impotent ash.
What is Okonkwo talking about Nwoye.
100
they do this when there is a matter of concern to the villagers
What is call an assembly?
200
The village is patriarchal and that means this.
What is men have more power?
200
This guy says they brought government to Umuofia to make the villagers more happy. He also says he'll write a paragraph in his book about Okonkwo's sucide.
Who is the District Commisioner?
200
they accepted outcasts and twins and they built their church in the evil forest.
Who are the Christian Missionaries?
200
“You can stay with us if you like our ways. You can worship your own god. It is good that a man should worship the gods and spirits of his fathers. Go back to your house so that you may not be hurt. Our anger is great, but we have held it down so that we can talk to you.”
What is Egwugwu confronting Mr. Smith?
200
because he had the flaw of too much pride and it contributed to his demise, we could give Okonkwo this label often used in classic literature.
What is the tragic hero?
300
cowries
What is the type of "money" used by the Umuofians?
300
This guy tells the Commissioners that Okonkwo was a great man and that they drove him to suicide.
Who is Obierika?
300
He hears these people speaking and becomes very interested by the poetry of psalms and the promise of something new.
What is Nwoye's response to the Christians?
300
“This will may an interesting paragraph for my book titled The Pacification of the Primitive Tribes of Lower Niger.”
What is the District Commissioner?
300
The British brought Christianity, government, goods for trade, money, education. Some people liked some of these things, but elder's say the divisions these things have caused in their society weakened them, and they can now no longer _________ with one ___________.
What is speak with one voice.
400
these sayings are used often by Umuofians and carry wisdom in them.
What are proverbs?
400
This guy was a more extreme religious zealot than Mr. Brown, and he approved aggressive techniques for converting people to Christianity and excluding non-believers.
Who is Mr. Smith?
400
Ikemefuna, Ezeudu's son, the court messenger, himself
Who are the people Okonkwo killed?
400
“The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act like one. He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart.”
What is Obierika talking to Okonkwo?
400
"How many men has she lain with?" A question answered when and by whom
What is the bride - to - be?
500
This group of 9 men wearing masks that make them become part spirit, are the people who decide justice in Umuofia.
What are the Egwugwu?
500
Unoka
Who is Okonkwo's father?
500
The District Commissioner demands 250 cowries for this.
What is the release of the 6 elders of Umuofia from jail?
500
"Let us not reason like cowards. When a man comes into my hut and defecates on the floor, what do I do? Do I shut my eyes? No! I take a stick a break his head. This is what a man does."
What is Okonkwo arguing about consequences for killing the sacred python.
500
shave their head and whip them
This is what the prison guards do the leaders of Umuofia when they have them in jail.