Ch. 7/8 and Terms Review

How do the villagers react to the locusts?

• • They think evil spirits are punishing them.

• They wish the locusts hadn’t come.

• • They are excited because locusts are tasty.

• They see it is a warning for the future.

What does Obeirika warn Okonkwo about Ikemefuna’s death?

• • That he should have no part in it

• That Okonkwo alone must carry out the murder

• That Okonkwo must bear witness to the killing

• That Ikemefuna’s death will unleash endless tribal feuding

How does Ikemefuna die?

• He falls while putting palm leaves on the red outer walls of the compound.

• A swarm of locusts kills him.

• • One of the clansmen cuts him down with a machete before Okonkwo can stop him.

• • One of the clansmen attacks Ikemefuna and Okonkwo deals the final blow.

What is Nwoye’s reaction to Ikemefuna’s death?

• • He accepts it as the proper outcome.

• • He feels like something has broken inside him.

• He runs away.

• 
  He is proud of Okonkwo for his participation in the killing.

What strange rumor do Obeirika and Okonkwo discuss?

• That Ikemefuna’s ghost has been seen in the village at night

• • That there are men with skin as white as chalk

• That men are being kidnapped and sold as slaves to white men far away

• 
  That there might only be one god

emissary

• a person sent on a special mission, usually as a diplomatic representative.

• a religious missionary

• an official employee

• an official man of the cloth

harbinger

• messenger / foreshadows a future event

• Okonkwo's family

• prophesies of the Oracle

• someone who prays

pencil is to write as knife is to_______

• cut
• sharp
• spoon
• marker

Complete the word analogy statement:

sunscreen : sunburn :: vaccination : _______

• itchiness

• stomachache

• rash

• disease

This is the excessive pride that gets the protagonist in trouble.

• Hamartia

• Hubris

• Peripeteia

• Anagnorisis