Okonkwo’s Wives TFA (Y11 mocks)

‘He was a wealthy farmer and had two barns full of yams, and had just married his third wife.’

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‘His wives, especially the youngest, lived in perpetual fear of his fiery temper, and so did his little children.’

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“Do what you are told, woman.”

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‘“Yes,” lied Nwoye’s mother, trying to minimise Ojiugo’s thoughtlessness.’

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‘His first two wives ran out in great alarm pleading with him that it was the sacred week.’

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‘Ekwefi’s bitterness did not flow outwards to others but inwards into her own soul.’

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‘Of his three wives Ekwefi was the only one who would have the audacity to bang on his door.’

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‘The birth of her children, which should be a woman’s crowning glory, became for Ekwefi mere physical agony devoid of promise.’

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‘Her husband and his family were already becoming highly critical of such a woman and were not unduly perturbed when they found she had fled to join the Christians.’

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