Ch. 5-7 Reading Quiz (TFA)

New yams were offered to the earth goddess, Ani, and the ancestral spirits of the clan

The men bring the largest of their yams to be measured as a sign of their prowess as farmers.

The old yams of the previous year were disposed of so only new yams are stored up

All cooking and serving utensils were washed clean and renewed

He planted his new crop of yam seeds before the proper ceremonies were held

He named Ikemefuna as his "true son" and heir to his barns, lands, and wives

He beat his second wife, Ekwefi, then fired a gun at her (missing)

He refused to clear out his yams from last year because he had worked hard to gather them and thought the ritual was unnecessarily wasteful.

that she acts like a boy... it was a shame she wasn’t a boy.

that she was the most disappointing of his daughters... such a shame

that she would bring him a high bride-price someday... it is a shame she does not want to marry

that she would make a wonderful next wife for him... if only she wasn't his best friend's daughter

bitter, objecting any instructions, defiant

beloved by many, thoughtful, intelligent

skittish, uncertain of herself, nervous

cold hearted, calculating, plotting

the coming drums of war time (forshadowing)

the pulsing of a heart (or hearts of the members of the village)

the beat of hoves in a rushing stampede

the sound of pounding yams into foo-foo

Ezinma

Ekwefi

Chielo

Obiageli

mentor and mentee

captor and prisoner

father and son

master and slave

Nwoye and Ikemefuna enjoyed the swarm of locusts and ate many of them with the other members of the village

Nwoye enjoys the violent, masculine stories his father tells far more than the folk stories his mother used to tell him as a child.

Nwoye is becoming more confident and responsible and enjoying his duties as a young man of the family

Nwoye has felt a "snapping inside of him" again, once when he heard the sounds of abandoned baby in the forest, and now again when his father returned from his dark deed in the forest.