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52 Cards in this Set
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How does 18 year old Okonkwo bring honor to his village?
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Throws Amalinze the cat (beat him at wrestling)
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when Okonkwo is angry and cant speak because of his stutter, how does he get his point across?
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He would use his fists |
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who is Okonkwo's father?
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Unoka |
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why doesn't Okonkwo have any patients with his father?
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His father is lazy and improvident, incapable of thinking about tomorrow and he is a drunk
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when is the only time Unoka is not haggard and mournful?
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When he drinks or when he plays his flute
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Why does Unoka's neighbor (okoye) visit him?
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to ask for the money he owes him
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why does Unoka change the subject to music when he and Oybe are discussing the impending war with the village of Mbaino?
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he's a coward, doesn't like blood or war
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while talking to okoye about war, what subject does unoka switch to?
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music
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why does okoye need to collect a past debt from unoka?
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bc the ceremony is very expensive and hes collecting his debts
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the Ibo people consider conversation to be very important. what form of conversation do they regard the most highly?
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Proverbs
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how does unoka react when okoye asks him to repay the two hundred cowries owned to him?
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he laughs
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Why is Okonkwo considered one of the greatest men of his time?
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He has a lot of achievements, 3 wives, works hard
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What is used to inform all the men of the Umuofia to meet in the market place the following morning?
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Theres a town crier with his ogene
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What do the people of Umuofia fear at night?
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Evil spirits, dangerous animals
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Okonkwo doesn't fear war. in the last war he faught, he brought home a souvenir which he drank palm-wine out of. what is this souvenir?
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A human Head
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who is the powerful orator that informs the 10000 men of emergency facing the nine villages of umuofia?
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Ogbuefi Ezeugo
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What is the emergency that the great orator announces at the meeting in the marketplace?
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A daughter of Umuofia was killed
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what ultimatum is dispatched to Mbaino as a consequence of the woman from Umuofia?
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Choose bw war or offer a young man and a virgin
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why is Umuofia feared by all its neighbors?
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Bc the shrine and old lady
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Okonkwo is the emissary of war to Mbaino. what does Mbaino give him as an offering for the murder of the women from Umuofia?
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a young man and a virgin
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What are the things that Okonkwo fears most?
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failure and weakness
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What is the one passion that rules Okonkwo's life?
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to hate everything his dad ever loved
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why is Okonkwo's 12 year old (Nwoye) causing him great anxiety?
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his incipient laziness
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How does Ikemefuna react to living with Okonkwo?
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He was afraid and didn't understand what was going on
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under what circumstances will the people of umuofia consult Agbala?
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when misfortune dogged their step , dispute
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where does the powerful Oracle of the hill, Agbala, live? |
Around a hole on the side of a hill |
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When Okonkwo waS a boy, this father, Unoka, consults Agbala, about why is crops always fail. What reply did the oracle give? |
its bc he is known as weak, he needs to work like a man |
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What is the shameful death Unoka endured? |
He died of swelling in the stomach and limbs |
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who's the first man Okonkwo works for as a share-cropper? |
Nwakibie |
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What does Okonkwo bring with him to share with the wealthy Nwakibie and his family before asking for yam seeds and share cropping privleges? |
A pot of palm-wine and a chicken |
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Anasi is Nwakibie's first wife, which makes her the ruler over the other wives of Nwakibie. She is the only wife who can wear her husband's titles. Where are the titles worn on Anasi? |
She wears an anklet |
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Why does Nwakibie trust okonkwo to farm his yam seeds? |
He can tell he's not weak |
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What is the only way a young man can build a barn of his own if his father has no yams? |
By share crops |
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How is the weather during the first growth season the okonkwo starts share-cropping for Nwakibie? |
Rain was late so it came and didn't last very long |
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What are the crops that are considered women's crops by the people of Umuofia? |
Coco-yams, beans and cassava |
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How does okonkwo react to the disastous growing season that destroys all his yams and the yams of his people? |
He thought that if he survived that year he can survive anything |
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Why does okonkwo insult Osugo at the meeting by valling him a woman? |
He had no titles |
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How long id Ikemenfuna in okonkwo's care? |
3 years |
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How does Nwoye's mother treat ikemenfuna? |
Vey kind, treats him like one of her own |
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how does ikemenfuna feel after 3 weeks of illness? |
he has overcome his fear and sadness |
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why does okonkwo beat his second wife, Ojiugo, during the sacred week of peace? |
She went to plait her hair and left her children at home |
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Why do the people of Umuofia observe the week of peace? |
honor the goddess of the earth |
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What is Okonkwo's punishment for committing a "nso-ani" during the week of peace? |
bring her a goat, hen and a length of cloth, 3100 cowries for ani |
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the punishment for breaking the sacred peace changes through the years. What happened to a man that broke the week of peace in the past? |
he was dragged on the ground until he was dead |
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what is the custom in the village of Obodoani if a man dies during the week of peace? |
to drag a person around till they die but it breaks peace |
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What does every man and his family do after the week of peace? |
cut the bush to make more farms |
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during the rainy season, how do the people of the village pass the time? |
they told stories, sat around their mother's cooking fire, roasted and ate corn |
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What is the festival that gives thanks to Ani, the earth goddess and source of fertility? |
the feast of the new yam |
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why do men and women look forward to the feast of the new yam? |
it began the season of plenty |
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how do the women of the clan prepare for the feast of the new yam? |
scrubbed the walls and drawn patterns on themselves |
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how the children of the village prepared for the feast of the new yam? |
they had beautifully patterned shaved hair |
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What drives okonkwo into a rage on the first day of the festival, leading him to beat his second wife, Ekwefi, and almost kill her with a gun? |
He thought someone killed the banana tree |
