Things Fall Apart Ch 13-19 Questions

Due May 11, 2009

1. Describe Ezeudu’s funeral.

2. What happened during the frenzy?

3. What was the result of Okonkwo’s action?

4. What was the reason for the clan’s actions against Okonkwo?

5. What did Obierika think about after this calamity, and what was his conclusion?

6. Where did Okonkwo take his family to live?

7. How did Okonkwo feel about his circumstances?

8. Why did Uchendu talk to Okonkwo about the Mother Supreme?

9. Who came to visit Okonkwo during the second year of exile, and why?

10. What event did Obierika describe on his next visit, two years later?

11. Who had Obierika found among the missionaries?

12. What was the iron horse?

13. Where did the missionaries in Mbanta build their church, why were they given that particular

piece of land, and what happened to them?

14. What was it about Nwoye’s actions that disturbed Okonkwo so much?

15. What group wanted to be admitted to the Christian church, and what happened?

16. What did Okonkwo do before he left Mbanta when his exile was ended?

17. What was the one elder’s message to those at the feast?