Chapter 8 - Purple Hibiscus

How does Kambili feel about being away from home at the beginning of chapter 8? Choose the best answer.

• Upset - she wants to go home.

• Annoyed with Amaka -- she wants to go home

• Relieved but also uneasy

• Excited to be be experiencing freedom for the first time.

What do we learn about Amaka in this chapter?

• She paints and is musically conscious

• She takes photography and is musically conscious

• She doesn't like art but is conscious of the music she listens to

• She creates music as well as makes figurines like Mama's

How does Aunty Ifeoma respond to her children when they are eating dinner?

• She gets upset with their banter and tells them to go to their room

• She looks at them proudly

• She is embarrassed and apologizes to Kambili and Jaja

• She doesn't respond to them because she isn't eating dinner with them

Papa calls them on the phone. What does he say?

• A) That he is coming to pick them up right away~

• B) That he knows they went to the Aro festival. He is outraged

• C) That the house feels empty without them.

• D) Both A and B

They aren't supposed to watch TV while at Aunty Ifeoma's house but are offered to.

• They don't decline the offer and watch TV

• They decline the offer and stick to their schedules

• They watch for a minute -- feel guilty -- then go upstairs to pray

• They watch for a minute -- feel guilty -- then go upstairs to do their homework

What does Aunty Ifeoma do when she finds out that they have schedules?

• She laughs -- she cannot believe it.

• She tears them up and tells them -- her house - her rules.

• She respects them and leaves them to their responsibilities

• Aunty doesn't find out and Kambili wants to keep it that way.

What does Jaja become captivated with?

• Aunty Ifeoma's Purple Hibiscuses in her garden.

• A girl next door

• Papa Nnukwu's stories

• Working with his hands. He's never done so before.

Who does Kambili and Jaja meet again in this chapter?

• The young priest from their home church - Father Amadi

• Jaja's childhood crush -- Chima

• Flashback -- Aunty Ifeoma's husband, Ifediora

What does this same person think about Papa?

• Praises Papa for his donations to the church and for speaking the truth in the Standard

• Says that Papa is too strict and should stop playing God

• Says Papa is too religious and should respect his Igbo culture

• Says that Papa is a wonderful father and an example of what every Igbo man should be.

What does the person from the previous question tell Kambili? How does she respond?

• That she is too quiet -- she apologizes

• That she doesn't laugh or smile -- she apologizes

• That she is too quiet -- she wants to apologize but walks to her bedroom instead.

• That she doesn't laugh or smile -- she wants to apologize but goes to her bedroom instead