Things Fall Apart Review
Across
- 6. The name of the priestess of Agbala
- 8. Court of masked men representing the ancestral fathers of Umuofia
- 10. The peak of a story; the point where the action is most intense
- 11. The number of titles Okonkwo earned before his banishment
- 14. A term meaning useless or unable
- 15. An evil spirit responsible for possessing pregnant woman and killing their children
- 18. A women's crop that Ekwefi provided for Okonkwo's feast in Chapter 19
- 19. The village where Ikemefuna came from
- 21. The missionary that Nwoye met in Mbanta
- 22. "Mother is Supreme"
- 23. The king crop
- 26. The number of children Ekwefi has
- 27. Okonkwo's uncle on his mother's side
- 28. A roaring symbol that represents Okonkwo in the story
Down
- 1. The Igbo mistake it as for an "iron horse"
- 2. The name of Okonkwo's good friend who sold yams for him while he was away in exile
- 3. A sacred animal that represents the Igbo water god
- 4. Unoka's favorite instrument
- 5. A ceremonial nut broken at gatherings as a sign of respect and good-will
- 7. The name of Oknokwo's most recent son, born in exile
- 8. Okonkwo's favorite daughter
- 9. The holiday that Okonkwo breaks by assaulting his wife
- 12. Okonkwo's motherland, where he spent 7 years in exile
- 13. The number of years Okonkwo spent in exile
- 16. The village that was destroyed by the British missionaries
- 17. The beverage many Igbo men collect from trees and drink at celebrations
- 20. Igbo word for "fever"
- 24. The old man who warned Okonkwo not to kill Ikemefuna
- 25. The main hut on an Igbo compound