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TFA: Chapter 16

1. Why is Nwoye interested in the missionaries?

2. What is Okonkwo’s opinion of the white religion?

3. Is there anything about the missionaries that the Ibo people like?

TFA: Chapter 17

1. Why do the Mbanta people begin to believe the white man’s religion has great power? How long do they wait for the Evil Forest?

2. How does the Ibo superstition about the birth of twins compel the first native women to join the white man’s religion?

3. How does Okonkwo react when he is told his son is attending the white man’s church?

4. Why is Okonkwo terrified that his other children will join Nwoye in the white man’s church?

5. What name does Okonkwo’s clan call him? How does this name help him to understand how he, a strong man, could father such a weak son?

TFA: Chapter 18

1. Who are the isu? How do they cause trouble in the new white church?

2. Who triggers a new conflict between the clan and the white church? What does Okonkwo want to do to solve it?

3. What does Okonkwo think of the clan’s final solution?

4. Why does the clan ultimately relent on their sanctions against the members of the white church?