Chapter 23

What is the main idea of this chapter?

The District Commissioner sends his messenger to ask some Umuofia leaders to meet him at his headquarters. What do the six leaders take with them?

The Commissioner tells the six leaders of Umuofia why he has brought them to the courtroom. What is his explanation?

What happens to the six leaders of Umuofia while they are sitting in the courtroom?

Court messengers told the villagers they would have to pay a fine or the six men would be hanged. What was the fine?

Find the paragraph toward the end of the chapter that begins with the line, "It was the time of the full moon." The text says, "Young men who were always abroad in the moonlight kept their huts that night."

What does "abroad" mean in this context?

Is there anything that is unclear in this chapter?