TFA Study Guide

Chapter 12

1. Okonkwo's friend, Obierika, is celebrating his daughter's uri. Why does this
day put the entire neighborhood into a festive air?
pg 103 para 1 line 1-"The entire neighborhood wore a festive air because Okonkwo's friend, Orierika, was celebrating his daughters uri
2. What does the priestess do when she brings Ezinma out of Agbala's cave?
pg 103 para 4 line 8-"She placed Ezinma carefully on the bed and went away without saying a word to anybody"
3. Where does Obierika send one of his relatives to get a fat goat to give to his
in-laws during the uri?
pg 105 para 3 line 4-"Obierika had sent one of his relatives all the way to Umuike to buy that goat"
4. Why do all the women abandon preparing the food for the uri and rush off to
the Obierika's crop field?
pg 106 para 6 line 2-" It was a cry in the distance "Oji odu achu ijiji-0-0"
5. How many pots of wine do Obierika's in-laws brink to his home for the uri?
pg 107 para 4 line 1-"Early in the afternoon the first two pots of palm-wine arrived"
6. What are the traditional events when night falls and it is time to end
Obierika's daughter's uri? pg 110 para 2 line 1-2-"As night fell, burning torches were set on wooden tripods and the
young men raised a song. The elders sat in a big circle and the singers went round singing

Chapter 13 each man's praise as they came before him"

1. What does the ekwe, a hollowed out wooden instrument and the blast of the
cannon signify to the nine villages of Umuofia? pg 112 para 2 line 3-"Somebody was dead"

2. Every man learns the language of the ekwe. How does the wooden
instrument let the people know exactly who has died?
pg 112 para 2 line 10-"It began by naming the clan " Umuofia obodo dike, " the land of the brave"
3. What is the name of the man that the ekwe announces to Umuofia?
pg 112 para 2 line 14-"E-u-u, Ezeudu is dead"

4. Why can Ezeudu, the oldest man in his village, only be buried at night?
pg 114 para 4 line 5-"Because he had taken titles,Ezeudu was to be buried after dark with only a glowing brand to light the sacred ceremony"

5. What is the tragedy that takes place during the final burial rites for Ezeudu
while the cannon is shot and guns fired? pg 115 para 3 line 6-"In the center of the crowd a boy lay in a pool of blood"

6. What is Okonkwo's punishment for killing Ezeudu's son?

pg 115 para 3 line 1-"The only course open to Okonkwo was to flee from the clan"