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Question #10

Find the section where Okonkwo is complaining to Obierika that his son is not very manly. Okonkwo says, " 'Nwoye is old enough to impregnate a woman. At his age I was already fending for myself.' "

What does Okonkwo mean by "fending for myself"?





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Chapter 9

What is the main idea of this chapter?

How is the relationship between Ekwefi and Ezinma described?

Ekwefi gave birth to many children, who all died before the age of three. What did the medicine man believe about this situation?

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

What does the medicine man (Okagbue) do with the third dead child?

Who or what does Ekwefi blame for the deaths of her children?

When Ezinma was nine years old, Okagbue asked her an important question. What was the question?

What does Okagbue find after digging a pit by the orange tree?

Okonkwo makes a medicine from grasses, stems, leaves, and boiling water. What does he do with the medicine?

Find the section where Okagbue finds something in the pit he has dug. After he throws the object out of the pit, "Okagbue emerged and without saying a word or even looking at the spectators he went to is goatskin bag, took out two leaves and began to chew them."

What does "emerged" mean in this context?

Is there anything that is unclear in this chapter?

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Chapter 12

What is the main idea of this chapter?

Who brought Ezinma home the previous night?

Select two of the foods being prepared for the event in this chapter.

A cry in the distance announces a cow is loose. What do the women do when they find the cow?

How many pots of wine did in–laws bring to Obierika's compound?

Musicians played and girls danced. Which girl danced last?

Find the section toward the end of the chapter where Okonkwo offers his snuff–bottle to Ogbuefi Ezenwa. "Ezenwa took it, tapped it on his kneecap, rubbed his left palm on his body to dry it before tipping a little snuff into it. His actions were deliberate."

What does "deliberate" mean in this context?

Is there anything that is unclear in this chapter?