I hate reading books, and I hate school and I'm not gonna be able to read 200+ pages in 4 days when that's how much it takes me to read a 100 page book if I'm actually trying. Plus, a 150 page book is the longest I've read.
Okay, if you have read it I need you (PLEASE) to answer these questions.
Chapter One:
What are Okonkwo's main characteristics as he is depicted in the first few chapters? List as many as you can, being as specific as possible. What were the characteristics of his father which affect him so powerfully?
Why do you think Achebe writes about the ritual for sharing the kola nut without explaining it?
What do you think are the social functions of a system where one earns titles by the dispersing of one’s painfully accumulated wealth?
One of the most famous lines in the novel is "proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten." What does this mean?
Chapter Two
What effect does night have on the people? What do they fear? How do they deal with their fear of snakes at night? What is the cause and nature of the conflict with Mbaino? Beginning with this chapter, trace how women are related to the religious beliefs of the people. What is the purpose of the taking of Ikemefuna?
In what ways does Okonkwo overcompensate for his father's weaknesses? In what ways is he presented as unusual for his culture? What is his attitude toward women? Why does he dislike his son Nwoye so much?
What do you think the advantages and disadvantages of the communal form of social structure are?
What seems to be Achebe's attitude toward this culture so far? Is his depicting it as an ideal one? Can you cite any passages which imply a critical attitude?
ASM Questions:
Is Okonkwo a good father and provider?
Does prosperity equal happiness
How do you think Okonkwo’s son Nwoye will grow up?
Chapter Three
What effect does the priestess of Agbala’s status have on your judgment of the roles played by women in the culture?
How is awareness of rank observed in the drinking of the palm wine? How does share-cropping work? What is the relationship of women to agriculture? How does Okonkwo react to "the worst year in living memory?"
ASM Questions:
To what extent is religion & superstition important to Ibo society?
What are gender roles in Umuofia society?
Chapter Four
What are Okonkwo's virtues? What are his faults?
What does this proverb mean, "When a man says yes his chi says yes also"? What is Okonkwo's relationship with Ikemefuna like? What is the crime that causes Okonkwo to be reprimanded? What does it tell you about the values of the culture?
What evidence is there in this chapter that customs have changed over time; that customs differ among contemporary cultures?
What are the limits of the power of the village rainmaker?
ASM Questions:
Why doesn’t Achebe mention the name of Nwoye’s mother?
Why did Okonkwo keep feelings to himself and what does this tell about his character?
Chapter Five
What is Okonkwo's attitude toward feasts?
Briefly summarize the story of Ikwefi. What kind of a woman is she? What do you think is the significance of women having to sit with their legs together?
ASM Questions:
How does this passage portray the local color of African cultures?
Why does the Oracle call Ekwefi’s daughter, my daughter?
Chapter Six
What roles does Chielo play in the village?
Chapter Seven
How has Nwoye begun to "act like a man"? What values does Okonkwo associate with manliness? How does Nwoye relate to these values?
How does the village react to the coming of the locusts?
Why is Okonkwo asked not to take part in the killing of Ikemefuna? Why do you suppose they have decided to kill the boy? Why do you think Achebe does not translate the song that Ikemefuna remembers as he walks along? Why does Okonkwo act as he does?
Chapter Eight
What is Okonkwo's attitude toward his daughter Ezinma? Do you think the custom of “bride-price” where a bridegroom’s family pays substantial wealth in cash or goods for the privilege of marrying a young woman, would tend to make women more valuable than a dowry system where the woman's family must offer the gifts to the bridegroom's family? How do you think such a system would affect the women themselves?
How is the notion of white men first introduced into the story? Why might Africans suppose that they have no toes? What sorts of attitudes are associated with white men in this passage?
ASM Questions:
Why does Okonkwo associate weakness & sadness with femininity?
Chapter Nine
Why does Ekwefi prize her daughter Ezinma so highly? What attitudes toward children does the ogbanje reflect? Does Achebe seem to validate the belief in ogbanje?
ASM Questions:
Why there such a special relationship between Ezinma & Ekwefi?
Chapter Ten
What do you think the women’s attitude toward the egwugwu is? What seem to be the main functions of the ceremony?
How does Evil Forest refute the argument of Uzowulu that he beat his wife because she was unfaithful to him? How are problems like this affected by the fact that whole families are involved in marriage, unlike in American culture where a man and woman may wed quite independently of their families and even against their families' wishes? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each system?
ASM Questions:
Why is the importance of Evil Forest and why is he so respected?
Chapter Eleven
What is the moral of the fable of the tortoise? What values does it reflect?
What does the incident involving the priestess of Agbala reflect about the values of the culture?
ASM Questions:
Why does Okonkwo use snuff?
Chapter Twelve
How is the importance of family emphasized in the uri ceremony?
ASM Questions:
What is the importance of women in the culture?
Chapter Thirteen
How does the one-handed egwugwu praise the dead man?
Okonkwo has killed people before this so what makes this incident so serious, though it would be treated as a mere accident under our law?
ASM Questions:
If men go through a process of transition then why is it that funerals are so ext ravagant when the man/men have already reached their ancestors.
Chapter Fourteen
What is the significance of comparing Okonkwo to a fish out of water?
How does Okonkwo's lack of understanding of the importance of women reflect on him?
Chapter Fifteen
How does the story of the destruction of Abame summarize the experience of colonization?
What sorts of stories had Okonkwo heard about white men before?
Chapter Sixteen
Why do you think Nwoye has become a Christian?
What is the first act of the missionaries which evokes a positive response in some of the Ibo? Achebe focuses on the doctrine of the Trinity, the notoriously least logical and most paradoxical basic belief in Christianity. How does the belief of the Trinity, that God is Father, Son and Holy Spirit, undermine the missionaries' attempts to discredit the traditional religion?
Why does the new religion appeal to Nwoye?
Chapter Seventeen
What mutual misunderstandings are evident in this chapter between the missionaries and the people of the village? How does the granting to the missionaries of a plot in the Evil Forest backfire?
What does the metaphor in the next to the last sentence of the chapter mean?
Chapter Eighteen
Why do you suppose Achebe has not mentioned the outcast osu earlier?
Chapter Nineteen
What does the final speaker say is the main threat posed by Christianity?
Chapter Twenty
What clashes in values are created by the functioning of the British courts?
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
How is Rev. Smith different from Brown? What is the result of his black and white thinking?
Chapter Twenty-Three
What does the District Commissioner say is the motive of the British in colonizing the Africans?
Chapter Twenty-Four
What do you think of Okonkwo using his matchet to act rashly?
Chapter Twenty-Five
Why do you think Okonkwo kills himself?
What is your reaction to the final paragraph of the book? Analyze it.
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I promise that somehow, someway I will return the favor. Oh and feel free to answer as many questions as you want
so far i found an answer to one of your questions:
...Chinua Achebe right??? Boy,u in for alot...Goodluck 
