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TFA: Chapter 1

1. List FOUR physical characteristics that separate Okonkwo’ appearance from that of the other men in the village.

2. How did Okonkwo bring honor to his village as a young man? What other achievements make him an important man?

3. Why does Okonkwo have no patience with his own father, Unoka? What good qualities does Unoka have, that his son fails to appreciate?

4. Find an example of a proverb in the first chapter.

5. Locate a simile on the first page and explain it.

TFA: Chapter 2

1. What is the general truth stated in the following proverb: ‘When the moon is shining the cripple becomes hungry for a walk”?

2. How does Okonkwo reaffirm his greatness as a warrior to the people of his village?

3. What is the ”normal course of action” when a member of a neighboring clan murders one of the Ibo?

4. How does the Oracle of the Hills and the Caves prevent the powerful Umuofia from going to war with its neighbors?

5. Why does Okonkwo behave as a cruel man when, “perhaps down in his heart Okonkwo is not a cruel man”?

6. Briefly describe the physical layout of Okonkwo’s compound.

7. What does the reader know about Ikemefuna’s fate by the end of the second chapter? What literary term is employed?

TFA: Chapter 3

1. Describe the entrance to the shrine called Agabala. How does a worshipper get a message from the gods? What is a Chi?

2. What proverb does Okonkwo use to compliment Nwakibie?

3. Describe the custom of wine sharing presented in this chapter.

4. Find a proverb describing why the palm-wine tapper gives up his trade, a proverb Okonkwo uses to convince Nwakibie to give him some yams, and a proverb Nwakibie uses to explain why is stingy with his yams.

5. State a general theme for this story using the piece of wisdom about failure that Unoka offers his son. Why does Okonkwo not listen to his father’s words?

6. List the crops that the women are responsible for in the Ibo clan.