| what did chielo want with ezinma | chielo wanted to take ezinma to see agbabla |
| what did ekwefi do | she followed chielo and ezinma to the cave of agbala |
| what did okonkwo do when chielo took ezinma | he followed her to with his machele |
| what was the purpose of the uri ceremony | the family of the suitor was bringing palm-wine to obierika and group of kinsmen |
| what was the significance in the amount of wine the family brought | they were thought to be behaving like men if they brought a generous amount |
| what happened at the end of the ceremony | the bride-to-be went to live with her sultor’s family for 7 weeks |
| describe ezeudu’s funeral | it was alot of drum beating and firing of guns |
| how did the author describe a man’s life | was a serious of transition rites which brought him closer to death |
| what happened during the frenzy | okonkwo accidentally shot a boy |
| what was the result of okonkwo’s action | he and his family were forced to leave the clan for 7 years and they demolished their house and barn (killed the animals) |
| what was the reason for the clan’s actions againist okonkwo | they were cleansing the land which okonkwo had polluted( it was not revenge) |
| what did obierika think about after this calamity, and what was his conclusion | he wondered why a man should suffer because of an inadvertent mistake |
| impenetrably | that something cannot be penetrated pierced or entered |
| notorious | generally known, as far particular trait |
| cunning | a skill employed in a shrewed or sly manner |
| eloquent | having power of fluent and appropiate speech |
| delectable | something that is delighful; highly pleasing |
| consolation | the state of being consoled or talked to |
| omen | anything happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event |
| profound | penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge |
| essences | the basic, real, and invariable nature of a thing it’s significant individual feature |
| interval | a intervening time frame for anything |
| discern | to perceive by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect |
| gravely | to become very scared |
Things fall apart chapter 11-13 questions
February 13, 2020