Things Fall Apart

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Things Fall Apart~ Author

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Things Fall Apart ~ Chinua Achebe

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Things Fall Apart ~ time and place written

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Things Fall Apart ~ 1959, Nigeria

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Things Fall Apart ~ point of view

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Things Fall Apart ~ The narration is in the third person, by an omniscient figure who focuses on Okonkwo but switches from character to character to detail the thoughts and motives of various individuals.

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What is the name of Okonkwo's motherland ~ Things Fall Apart

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Mbanta ~ Things Fall Apart

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What holy animal does Okonkwo's clan suspect the Christians have killed and eaten? ~ Things Fall Apart

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A python ~ Things Fall Apart

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What is the name of the first missionary who comes to Umuofia? ~ Things Fall Apart

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Mr. Brown ~ Things Fall Apart

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How many villages does Umuofia comprise? ~ Things Fall Apart

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Nine ~ Things Fall Apart

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Whom did Okonkwo beat in his legendary wrestling match? ~ Things Fall Apart

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Amalinze the Cat ~ Things Fall Apart

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In what country does Things Fall Apart take place? ~ Things Fall Apart

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Nigeria ~ Things Fall Apart

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What do the inhabitants of Mbanta believe is responsible for the white man's miraculous survival after having built his church in the Evil Forest? ~ Things Fall Apart

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His eyeglasses ~ Things Fall Apart

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What is an ogbanje? ~ Things Fall Apart

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A changeling child ~ Things Fall Apart

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What does Okonkwo constantly wish Ezinma had been? ~ Things Fall Apart

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A son ~ Things Fall Apart

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What does a palm tapper tap? ~ Things Fall Apart

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A tree, for wine ~ Things Fall Apart

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For what reason is Okonkwo exiled? ~ Things Fall Apart

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He unintentionally kills a fellow clan member ~ Things Fall Apart

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What are the outcasts required to do before they may join the church? ~ Things Fall Apart

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Shave their heads ~ Things Fall Apart

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What is the name of Okonkwo's second wife? ~ Things Fall Apart

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Ekwefi ~ Things Fall Apart

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Where are the Christian women forbidden to go when the clan hears of the killing of a royal python? ~ Things Fall Apart

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To the stream ~ Things Fall Apart

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What does Okonkwo do even though he is advised not to? ~ Things Fall Apart

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Help kill Ikemefuna ~ Things Fall Apart

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What crop is king for the Igbo? ~ Things Fall Apart

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Yam ~ Things Fall Apart

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When the Igbo refer to the “iron-horse,” what do they mean? ~ Things Fall Apart

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A bicycle ~ Things Fall Apart

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What is the polite name for leprosy among the Igbo? ~ Things Fall Apart

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The white skin ~ Things Fall Apart

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When do the clan members share the kola nut? ~ Things Fall Apart

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When gathering for social occasions ~ Things Fall Apart

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In the allegory of Tortoise, what do the birds give to Tortoise? ~ Things Fall Apart

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Feathers ~ Things Fall Apart

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What does Enoch do to provoke the rage of the clan? ~ Things Fall Apart

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He unmasks an egwugwu ~ Things Fall Apart

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How does Okonkwo die? ~ Things Fall Apart

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He hangs himself ~ Things Fall Apart

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Why are the villagers happy when the locusts arrive? ~ Things Fall Apart

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Because they taste good ~ Things Fall Apart

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What does Okonkwo fear most? ~ Things Fall Apart

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Becoming like his father ~ Things Fall Apart

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The title Things Fall Apart is taken from a poem by ~ Things Fall Apart

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William Butler Yeats ~ Things Fall Apart

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Okonkwo ~ Things Fall Apart

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An influential clan leader in Umuofia. ~ Things Fall Apart

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Nwoye ~ Things Fall Apart

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Okonkwo's oldest son, who Okonkwo believes is weak and lazy. ~ Things Fall Apart

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Ezinma ~ Things Fall Apart

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The only child of Okonkwo's second wife, Ekwefi. ~ Things Fall Apart

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Ikemefuna ~ Things Fall Apart

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A boy given to Okonkwo by a neighboring village. ~ Things Fall Apart

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Mr. Brown ~ Things Fall Apart

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The first white missionary to travel to Umuofia ~ Things Fall Apart

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Reverend James Smith ~ Things Fall Apart

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The missionary who replaces Mr. Brown ~ Things Fall Apart

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Uchendu ~ Things Fall Apart

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The younger brother of Okonkwo's mother. ~ Things Fall Apart

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The District Commissioner ~ Things Fall Apart

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An authority figure in the white colonial government in Nigeria ~ Things Fall Apart

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Unoka ~ Things Fall Apart

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Okonkwo's father, of whom Okonkwo has been ashamed since childhood ~ Things Fall Apart

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Obierika ~ Things Fall Apart

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Okonkwo's close friend, whose daughter's wedding provides cause for festivity ~ Things Fall Apart

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Ekwefi ~ Things Fall Apart

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Okonkwo's second wife, once the village beauty ~ Things Fall Apart

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Enoch ~ Things Fall Apart

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A fanatical convert to the Christian church in Umuofia ~ Things Fall Apart

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Ogbuefi Ezeudu ~ Things Fall Apart

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The oldest man in the village and one of the most important clan elders and leaders. ~ Things Fall Apart

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Chielo ~ Things Fall Apart

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A priestess in Umuofia who is dedicated to the Oracle of the goddess Agbala ~ Things Fall Apart

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Akunna ~ Things Fall Apart

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A clan leader of Umuofia ~ Things Fall Apart

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Nwakibie ~ Things Fall Apart

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A wealthy clansmen who takes a chance on Okonkwo by lending him 800 seed yams ~ Things Fall Apart

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Mr. Kiaga ~ Things Fall Apart

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The native-turned-Christian missionary ~ Things Fall Apart

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Okagbue Uyanwa ~ Things Fall Apart

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A famous medicine man whom Okonkwo summons for help in dealing with Ezinma's health problems. ~ Things Fall Apart

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Maduka ~ Things Fall Apart

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Obierika's son ~ Things Fall Apart

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Obiageli ~ Things Fall Apart

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The daughter of Okonkwo's first wife ~ Things Fall Apart

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Ojiugo ~ Things Fall Apart

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Okonkwo's third and youngest wife, and the mother of Nkechi ~ Things Fall Apart