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What decision is made regarding Uzowulu and his in–laws?

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What is the main idea of this chapter?

Ekwefi tells a story to her daughter Ezinma. What does the story explain?

The story Ekwefi tells Ezinma not only explains a natural phenomenon but also foreshadows (anticipates) what future event?

Who appears at Okonkwo's compound to get Ezinma?

How does Ezinma get to the cave?

In the pitch black night, how is Ekwefi able to follow Ezinma if she can't see her?

What or who is Ekwefi surprised to see at the mouth of the cave?

How has Chielo referred to Ezinma in this chapter and earlier chapters?

Find the section two–thirds of the way through the chapter where Ekwefi is following Ezinma. Find the paragraph that begins, "The priestess' voice came at longer intervals now."

What does "intervals" mean in this context?

Is there anything that is unclear in this chapter?

Find paragraph 6, which begins, "The land of the living …" The narrator says, "A man's life from birth to death was a series of transition rites which brought him nearer and nearer to his ancestors."

What is the definition of a "transition rite"?

Obierika shares some news about the village of Abame. What does he say?

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What is the main idea of this chapter?

Four years into Okonkwo's exile, who comes to visit him?

What does this visitor tell Okonkwo?

What does the white man say to the people of Mbanta?

What does Okonkwo think about the white man and his message?

Find the section where the white man tells the crowd that their gods are not alive and cannot hurt them. When the men of Mbanta heard this "they broked into derisive laughter."

What does "derisive" mean in this context?

Is there anything that is unclear in this chapter?

What is the main idea of this chapter?

What does the medicine man tell Okonkwo to do after Ekwefi lost her third child?

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Find the section where the trial begins. The text says that the leader of the proceedings drives "his staff into the earth" on several occasions to emphasize he is in charge. What does "staff" mean in this context?

What is the main idea of this chapter?

Find the last paragraph in Chapter 13 where Obierika is thinking, "Why should a man suffer so grievously for an offense he had committed inadvertently?" What does "inadvertently" mean in this context?