TFA Scavenger Hunt
Answer 5 of the following questions.
Support all answers with references to details or quotations from the text.
1. Pick a ritual or cultural event of Ibo life and explain what it tells us about Ibo values.
Compare it to and contrast it with a similar or analogous ritual in our culture.
2. Pick an event where there is a clear clash of values between the Ibo and the white
man’s culture, and explain both sides’ perspectives.
3. Pick a proverb from the novel, elucidate its meaning, and explain its significance for a
character or event in the novel.
4. Pick a story and explain its role in the novel, as well as the role of storytelling in
general in the novel.
5. Describe the relationships between Okonkwo and his father and his son. Why do you
think there are such tensions?
6. Pick three characters with widely different reactions to Okonkwo. Name them and then
describe their attitudes toward him.
7. Discuss the role of Ikemefuna in this novel. Be sure to discuss his relationship to the
village of Umuofia as a whole as well as his relationship to Okonkwo and Nwoye.
8. Discuss the role of Ezinma in this novel. Be sure to include a discussion of ogbanje,
her fever, Chielo, and her relationship to Okonkwo.
10. Discuss the status of women in this culture as it is represented in the novel.
Watch the video on proverbs in Things Fall Apart
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