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Things Fall Apart Chapters 1-12

Across
What insult does Okonkwo inflict upon himself after he takes part in Ikemefuna's murder?
"Each of the nine __________ represented a village of the clan" (Achebe)
The elders among the Ibo
A dynamic protagonist who is obsessed with his father's flaws.
What did Nwoye not do upon knowing that Ikemefuna had been murdered?
Okonkwo's "ill- fated" adopted son
How old was Okonkwo when he threw Amalinze the Cat?
What term is used to describe an wicked child who dies just to repeatedly enter a mother's womb.
What was the focal point of Okonkwo's stories?
How old was Ikemefuna when the men of Umuofia murdered him?
What animal is the focal point of Nwoye's mother's folktale, "Earth & Sky"? (Achebe)
Okonkwo's third wife who was beaten because she had her hair braided rather than preparing a meal.
"He [Okonkwo] felt like a drunken giant walking with the limbs of a ___________" (Achebe).
What was Obierika and the people of Umuofia celebrating in chapter 12?
Lover of music and drink; disliked wars; debtor and embarrassment to Okonkwo
Waring tribe with Umuofia
"Okonkwo was not a man of thought but of ________. But in the absence of work, talking was the next best thing" (Achebe).
Where did Okonkwo tell Ikemefuna he was going after his three year stay in Umuofia?
The Oracle of the Hills and the Caves
Down
Okonkwo's first son who he viewed as lazy and incompetent
"...in the past a man who broke the peace was dragged on the ground through the village until he died. But after awhile this custom was stopped because it spoiled the peace which it was meant to _____________" (Achebe).
Oknokwo's second wife; once the village beauty who was beaten and hot at by Okonkwo.
What event was paramount on the second day of the Festival of the New Yam?
"Ezinma began to cry. She was used to Chielo calling her [my daughter.] But it was a _________ Chielo she she now saw in the yellow half-light" (Achebe)
"That year the harvest was sad, like a _________, and many farmers wept...One man hanged himself" (Achebe).
"If...Uzowulu should recover from his madness and come in the proper way to beg his wife to return...she will do so on the understanding that if he ever beats her again we shall cut off his _______ for him" (Achebe)
In whom does Ekewfi confide about Oknokwo's shooting incident before the wresting match?
With whom does Oknokwo disagree about Ikemefuna's murder?
Who broke her pot while "making inyanga," acting like a grown lady?
What trait did Ikemefuna demonstrate when he defended Obiageli?
A title that shows respect
The oldest man in the village; the historian
"But when she live on to her fourth, fifth and sixth years, love returned once more to her mother, and with love, _________" (Achebe).
What does Nwoye's mother call Ekwefi which translates to, "the good one" (Achebe).
What food was Ezinma given that symbolized her superiority?
"[_________ are descending,] was joyfully chanted everywhere" (Achebe).
The playground in Umuofia
As Ikemefuma becomes more comfortable in Umuofia, he describes his own village as "_________" (Achebe).
"When the _______ is shining the cripple become hungry for a walk"(Achebe)
"It was always said that Ndulue and Ozoemena had one ______" Achebe).
A "_________ tree" sparked Okonkwo's rage against Ekwefi.
Okonkwo suffered when a playmate called his father ___________.