Things Fall Apart: 

Characters in Things Fall Apart

Okonkwo's Family: 

Father Unoka

 Son & daughter :

Nwoye - Ezinma  

Wives :

1- First wife: Nwoye's mother 

2- Second wife: Ekwefi = Ezima's mother 

3- Third wife: Ojiugo 

Obierika :Okonkwo's closest friend.

Maduka: Obierika's son.

Ezeani: The priest of the Earth Goddess.

Okafa :The wrestler who won the match.

Ikekue :The wrestler who lost the match.

Meaning of some important words and phrases in the book:- 

Holy snake: Was the most respected animal in Mbanta.It was called "our father".

Nneka: Mother is most important of all 

Ogbanje: A child that dies many times and returns to its mother to be born again.

Osu: A person who follows a different god.

The Week of Peace: One week in the year when everyone had to be kind to each other. 

Answer the following questions:- 

1- Who is the author of "Things Fall Apart"? Chinua Achebe.

2- What is the story Things Fall Apart about? It's about life in Africa before the Europeans came and the destruction of this life by the Europeans.

3- How many villages were there in Umoufia? There were nine villages.

4- What was the religion of the people of Umoufia?

They worshipped different gods.

5- Who retold "Things Fall Apart "? John Davey.

6- What is the name of Okonkwo's small village? It's called "Iguedu".

7- What made Okonkwo famous? He fought the best wrestler in all Umoufia.

8- What district did Okonkwo live in? Umoufia.

9- Why was Okonkwo ashamed of his father? Because his father was lazy.

10- Why did the clan respect Okonkwo? Because he was not like his father.

11- Why were the other districts afraid of Umoufia? Because Umoufia was strong and powerful.

12- What happened to Ikemefuna? He was given to Okonkwo.

13- Why did Okonkwo keep beating Nwoye? Because he thought Nwoye was lazy."Okonkwo was afraid that Nwoye would grow up to be like Unoka".

14- Why was Nwoye pleased when Ikemefuna came to live with Okonkwo's family? Because he had someone to play with him and talk to him.

15- Why did Okonkwo never let anyone see that he was kind? To show people that he was strong and powerful.

16- How did Okonkwo break the rule of the week of peace? By beating Ojiugo.

17- Why did Ezeani tell Okonkwo to take certain things to the shrine of the Earth Goddess? To please the Earth Goddess.

18- Why did Okonkwo not tell anyone that he was sorry? Because he had to show everyone that he was strong.

19- Why were the other villagers not pleased with Okonkwo? Because they didn't think Okonkwo really respected the gods  

20- Why were the first two days of the new year were so important? Because of the feasting and the wrestling match.

21- Why was Ekwefi so excited when she heard the drums? Because she loved watching wrestling match.

22- Why was Okonkwo happy when Nwoye complained about the women? Because he seemed to be becoming a strong young man.

23- What sort of stories did Nwoye like to listen to? Stories of birds and animal.

24- What was going to happen to Ikemefuna? He would be killed.

25- What did Ezeudu tell Okonkwo not to do? Not to help kill Ikemefuna.

26- How had Okonkwo broken one of the rules of the clan? By killing Ikemefuna.

27- How did Nwoye feel when he was sure that Ikemefuna had been killed? Something deep down inside him seemed to break.

28- When did Nwoye lose his love for his father? When Okonkwo went into the house without Ikemefuna.

29- Why did Okonkwo think that he had become like a woman? Because he shivered and became weak.

30- Why did Okokow wish that he had a son like Maduka? Because he thought that Maduka would be very successful in life.

31- How did Okonkwo feel after he had talked to Obierika? He felt better.

32- Why did Ekwefi love Ezinma so much? Because she was her only daughter.

33- Ezinma was an ogbanje.What does that mean? That means she dies many times and returns to her mother to be born again."she is connected to the world of spirits".

34- Who was Chielo? She was the priestess of the God Agbala.

35- Where did Chielo want to take Ezinma?

To the house of Agbala.

36- What did Ekwefi decide to do when Chielo took Ezinma away? She decided to follow Chielo.

37- How did the priest Chielo, get in and out of the cave of the God Abala? By crawling on her stomach.

38- Why were Ekwefi and Okonkow happy that Ezinma had gone into the cave of the god Agbala? Because they knew Ezinma would not die.

39- Was the death of Ezeudu's son accident? Yes it was.

40- What was the difference between a male and a female crime? A male crime was when the crime was not an accident.A female crime was when the crime was an accident.

41- What was Okonkwo's punishment? He would have to live his own clan for seven years.

42- Where was Okonkwo going to go? He was going to go to Mbanta, his mother's village.

43- What happened to Okonkwo's compound? It was destroyed.

44- Where did Okonkwo go to in Mbanta? To his uncle Uchendu.

45- What had always been Okonkwo's wish? He wanted to become one of the leaders of his clan.

46- Did Okonkwo think his wishwould ever come true now? No he didn't.

47- What did Uchendu mean when he said, "Mother is most important of all"? He means that when life is bad and unhappy, one goes bag to his mother's country to be comforted.

48- What was Uchendu's advice to Okonkwo? He told him to think about his life and himself.

49- Who was the stranger at Abame and how did he come there? He was the white man and he came by bicycle.

50- What did the Oracle tell the people of Abame about this stranger? The Oracle told them that this stranger would break up their clan and destroy it.The Oracle also said that more white men would come.

51- Was the Oracle right? Yes he was.

52- Why did Okonkwo think the people of Abame were foolish? Because theydidn't take their guns and matchets when they went to the market.

53- Was Obierika afraid of the stories about the white men? yes he was.

54- Was Okonkwo afraid of the white men? No he was not.

55- Why did the interpreter say the missionaries had come to Mbanta? To help them.

56- What did the missionary say about the gods of the clan? He said that they were false gods.

57- Why did Okonkwo stay at the meeting? He stayed because he wanted to chase the men away from the village with whips.

58- Why did Nwoye stay? He was excited by the song and the music.

59- Why did Nwoye not too near the missionaries? He was afraid of Okonkwo.

60- What did the people of Mbanta think when the missionaries did not die the Evil Forest? They thought that the missionaries would be punished before seven weeks.

61- Why did Okonkwo beat Nwoye? Because he went to the converts in the church.

62- What did Nwoye do when Okonkwo beat him? He left home.

63- What did Nwoye want to do in Umoufia?

He wanted to go to school.

64- Why did Okonkwo remember his father, Unoka? Because Nwoye resembles him.

65- Why did the clansmen not worry very much about the people who became converts? Because most of them were unimportant people.66- Why did no one want to kill the missionaries? Because the clan thought the missionaries were mad.

67- How many of the osu became converts? Two of them.

68- Why was Okonkwo ashamed of the clan in Mbanta? Because he thought that the people in Mbanta were weak and coward.

69- Did the rulers in Mbanta continue to exclude the chistians? No they didn't.

70- Why did Okonkwo build a very large compound when he returned to Umoufia? He wanted the clansmen to think he was still an important person.

71- How had Umoufia changed since Okonkwo had left it? The new religion had come, the missionaries had built a church and many people had become converts.

72- What had the District Commissioner brought to Umoufia? He brought a new kind of government.

73- Who helped the District Commissioner in his work? The messengers did.

74- Why was Okonkwo sad when he returned to Umoufia? Because he heard that some of the important men in the clan were in prison.

75- What did Okonkwo want to do to the white men? He wanted to fight them and chase them away.

76- Why did Obierika think that it was too late to save Umoufia? Because their men have joined the white man's religion and they liked his government.

77- What had the white man brought to Umoufia as well as religion government?  

He had brought trade.

78- Why did Mr.Brown build a school? To teach people reading and writing.

79- Okonkwo was unhappy in Umoufia for two reasons.One reason was that many people in the clan had accepted the white man and had become weak.What was the other reason? The other reason was that nobody noticed him very much.

80- What did the clansmen think when they burnt the church? They thought the Christians would not make any troubles in Umoufia.

81- Why was Okonkwo happy after the burning the church? Because he thought his clan was once again strong and brave.

82- The commissioner said he had brought a good government to Umoufia.How does this chapter show that it was an unfair and dishonest government? The commissioner asked for two hundred bags of cowrie shells, but the messengers took two hundred and fifty.

83- How powerful was the new government in Umoufia? It was so powerful that they could put the important men in prison.

84- What did Okonkwo want to do to the white man now? He wanted to fight the white man.

85- Some men of Umoufia were not at the meeting.Who were they? They were the converts.

86- What did Okonkwo do to the chief messenger at the meeting? He killed him.

87- How did Okonkwo know that the men of Umoufia would not fight the white man? Because they let the other messengers ran away.

88- What had happened to the clan? It had been broken up.

89- Why did Obierika want the commissioner's men to help him? To cut down Okonkwo's body.

90- What did Obierika say about Okonkwo? He said he was one of the great men in Umoufia.

91- What do you think was the reason for Okonkwo's death?

Okonkwo knew that the white man would hung him and he didn't want to be killed by the white man, so he killed himself.