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Chapter 6

What is the main idea of this chapter?

Who stands next to Okonkwo's second wife (Ekwefi) at the gathering?

What is so interesting about the woman standing next to Ekwefi?

Who wins the wrestling match between the team leaders?

Find the section where the wrestling match is described. The two teams faced each other. A man from one team would point at a man on the other team that he wanted to fight. "There were twelve men on each side and the challenge went from one side to the other."

What does "challenge" mean in this context?

At the end of the chapter, Ikezue "went down quickly on one knee in an attempt to fling his man."

What does "fling" mean in this context?

Is there anything that is unclear in this chapter?

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Question #7

Locate the paragraph toward the end of Chapter 3 that begins with "Share–cropping was a very slow way of building up …" Okonkwo "was striving desperately to build a barn through share–cropping" while also providing for his father, mother, and siblings. What does "striving to" mean in this context?





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Question #5

Find the sixth paragraph from the beginning of Chapter 5, which begins, "And then the storm burst. Okonkwo, who had been walking about aimlessly in his compound in suppressed anger, suddenly found an outlet."

What does "suppressed" mean in this context?