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Things Fall Apart | Part One, Chapter 1 Questions and Answers

Study Questions
1. Why is Okonkwo’s defeat of Amalinze the Cat such a great achievement?

2. Describe Okonkwo.

3. What does Unoka do with his money?

4. What is the harmattan?

5. Why does Unoka sing to the kites?

6. Why does Unoka enjoy playing music for the egwugwu, or the masqueraders who impersonate the ancestral spirits of the village?

7. What is the meaning of the proverb “He who brings kola brings life”? (p. 5)

8. Why is Okonkwo ashamed of his father, Unoka?

9. Compare Okonkwo with his father.

10. Why...


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