Questions from "Things Fall Apart"-Chapter 12
1-What was the entire neighborhood celebrating?
2-How is Obierika associated with Okonkwo?
3-What did Chielo (the priestess) do with Ezinma?
4-Name 4 different gifts that were brought to the bride's family. (Obierika's Obi)
5-What was Okonkwo's gift to them?
Answers
Answer:
After Chielo took Ezinma away, Okonkwo was not able to sleep. He made several trips to the cave before he finally found and joined Ekwefi waiting outside the cave. When Chielo came out of Agbala's cave with Ezinma in the early morning hours, she ignored Okonkwo and Ekwefi and carried the sleeping Ezinma home to her bed, with the girl's parents following behind.
On the following day, the village celebrates the next event in the marriage of the daughter of Obierika, Okonkwo's friend. The uri is a ritual in which the suitor presents palm-oil to everyone in the bride's immediate family, her relatives, and her extended group of kinsmen. For this ceremony, primarily a woman's ritual, the bride's mother is expected to prepare food for the whole village with the help of other women.
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