Why was Okonkwo known throughout the nine villages?
He beat a wrestler named Amalinze the cat at 18
How is Onoka described in chapter 1?
lazy,poor, borrowed money, tall thin
What made Okonkwo "one of the greatest men of his time"?
wealthy farmer, two barns of yams, three wives, two titles, fought in two wars
What did Okonkwo hear in the town crier's voice?
gather at the market tomorrow morning
What does Ezeugo explain happened in the village of Mbaino?
Umuofia went to the market and was murder
What did Umuofia's ultimatum to Mbaino require?
Between young man and a virgin
What are Okonkwo's deepest fears?
failure and weakness
What one passion was Okonkwo ruled by?
to hate everything that his father loved
How was Okonkwo's prosperity visible in his household?
large compound red clay walls with his hut in front of the first and only entrance
Why does the priestess of Agbala say Unoka is not a successful farmer?
weak and lazy harvest fall
What was the story of Unoka's death?
dies from a swelling sickness
Why does Okonkwo laugh uneasily at Nwakibie's joke?
reminds him of his own father
What did Okonkwo ask Nwakibie?
yam seed (gets 400)
Why did Okonkwo never show signs of affection?
sign of weakness
How did Okonkwo's youngest wife provoke him to justifiable anger?
she did not make dinner in time
Why did Okonkwo have to go to the shrine of Ari?
sacred week
Why did some people say that Okonkwo had no respect for the gods?
fortune went to his head
How are yams described? What did the yams represent?
prescious, god and work
Why was Okonkwo not as enthusiastic as most about feasts?
rather work on the farm uncomfortable waiting around and the hangover to come
Why did Okonkwo beat his second wife?
killed a banana tree took off a leaf (but the tree was not actually killed)
What is Ekwefi's background?
Wanted to be with Okonkwo but he did not have enough at the time to be with her, she got married but ran away from her husband to him
Why is Okonkwo especially fond of Ezinma?
Looks like her mother and a hard worker
What lives in the silk cotton tree?
spirts of good children
Who is Chielo?
a widow with two children
Who wins the wrestling match?
Okafo
What does Okonkwo want for Nwoye?
prosperous tough man capable of ruling his fathers household have enough in barn to feed the ancestors with sacrifices regularity
Why does Nwoye pretend to no longer care for women's stories?
knew that they were foolish and that his father wanted him to be a man
What warning did Ezeudu give Okonkwo?
not to participate in Ikemefumas death?
Why were the people of Umofia excited about the locusts?
very good to eat
Why did Okonkwo strike Ikemefuma down?
afraid of being though as weak
What does Okonkwo say to himself about Ikemefuna's death and his own response?
That he has became a woman over it and that he needs to stop sobbing over it
What does Obierika say about Okonkwo's participation in Ikemefumas death?
Should have stayed home and that what he did does not please the earth goddess
How was Akuke's bride-price settled? What was the process like?
After the drinking, however, they negotiate her bride price by passing back and forth changing numbers of sticks, which represent bags of cowries (shells which serve as a form of monetary exchange).The two families finally decide on twenty bags of cowries.
What is the joke about the white men and Amadi? Why do the men find it funny?
his name is Amadi. So the joke is that Amadi isn't white, he just has leprosy and the euphemism for leprosy is "the white skin."
