Honors English I - Things Fall Apart Part 1 Quiz

Okonkwo

famous wrestler who brought honor to his village; three wives, many children

Unoka

Okonkwo’s father, whom Okonkwo hates; dead for ten years; died in debt and in shame; social flute player when young, disliked when old

Chielo

the priestess of Agbala; fond of Ezinma, calls her “my daughter”; kidnapped Ezinma and screamed on the way to Agbala’s house in a cave

Agbala (place)

the Oracle of the Hills and the Caves; people went there to consult for advice/prophecies

Ikemefuna

kidnapped/adopted by Okonkwo; treated as another son; called Okonkwo father; made Nwoye more masculine; killed by Okonkwo

Nwoye

Okonkwo’s son; sad and not tough until Ikemefuna changed him; beaten by Okonkwo; pretended to be more masculine than he really was just to make Okonkwo happy

Ekwefi

Okonkwo’s second wife who ran away from her first husband to be with Okonkwo; many kids died in infancy so she loved Ezinma greatly; treated Ezinma as her equal

Ezinma

Okonkwo’s favorite child; Okonkwo wished she was born a boy since she has a tough spirit; equal to Ekwefi; kidnapped by Chielo and taken to a cave; was very sick and almost died

Ezeudu

the oldest man in Umuofia; told Okonkwo that Ikemefuna would be killed; told Okonkwo not to have any part in Ikemefuna’s death; died of unknown causes

Obierika

friend/neighbor of Okonkwo; questioned traditions and rules; said that Okonkwo should not have went to kill Ikemefuna; his daughter is engaged; his son Maduka won a wrestling match

Chi

a personal God; a benevolent spirit; one for each person; does good for that person

Iba

fever; Ezinma caught a fever that was killing her

Obi

a hut in a compound; Okonkwo has his own obi and his wives all have their own obis; Okonkwo’s is the largest

Cowries

Umuofia’s currency; seashells

Locusts

large grasshoppers; they descend upon the village; good to cook, so they are used

Ogbanje

a child who repeatedly dies and returns to the mother’s womb to be reborn

Egwugwu

masqueraders who impersonate the ancestral spirits of the village; there are nine in Umuofia; one is “Evil Forest”; they were the jury in the trial

ilo

modern-day park/meeting place where people play sports, have discussions; where the trial took place

Umuofia

nine villages; where Okonkwo lived until he was banished; powerful village

Mbaino

weaker village that feared Umuofia; gave up Ikemefuna and a virgin girl after a man killed a woman from Umuofia

The Week of Peace

occurs before planting season; honor the Earth goddess so the plants grow; no work is done; all are kind to each other

the Feast of the New Yam

everyone in Umuofia celebrates the Earth goddess, Ani; on the second day, there is a wrestling match; held before harvest season and also honors their ancestors;

Why Okonkwo hates his father

his father died in debt and was weak; he feared ending up like him

Why Okonkwo is famous

he beat Amalinze the Cat at wrestling

Okonkwo’s fears

He fears ending up like Unoka; he fears weakness; he fears losing his children

Okonkwo’s strengths/weaknesses

strengths: well-known, famous, revered, great wrestler, wealthy farmer, high status, two titles, great prowess, large compound; weaknesses: quick to anger, fear controls his life, stammers, impatient, hates his father, rules with a heavy hand, fears failure and weakness, rude and proud

How Okonkwo rose to fame/started his career

he beat Amalinze the Cat at wrestling; he sharecropped and had to feed his whole family even during bad harvests

What Okonkwo did during the Week of Peace

He beat his wife when he was not allowed to

What takes place during the Feast of the New Yam

a wrestling match between Okonkwo’s village and it's neighbors

Ikemefuna’s influence on Nwoye

Ikemefuna made Nwoye more masculine, tough, and strong.

Who killed Ikemefuna and why

Umuofia decided to kill him; Okonkwo dealt the final blow out of fear of being seen as weak

Where Ikemefuna came from and how

he came from Mbaino after Mbaino gave him up to avoid a war with Umuofia

How many children Ekwefi had borne

10 children

What happened to Ezinma

Ezinma became very sick; Chielo the priestess kidnapped her and took her to her cave

How Okonkwo killed Ezeudu’s son

He was shooting off his gun at Ezeudu’s funeral and the gun exploded; a piece of iron from the gun pierced his heart