TFA and a History Denied

To Start:

• Complete your own copy of the assignment in Google Classroom.

In Class:

• Read chapter two and chapter three of Things Fall Apart. (Audiobooks linked.) Answer the questions in your reading log.
  

 Chapter Two

1. What does Ogbuefi Ezeugo announce to the town? What does the town decide?
   
2. In your opinion, was the sacrifice that Mbaino made to avoid a war a fair and just one? Why?  
3. What does Okonkwo fear more than anything? How does his fear affect his behavior?
4. Who is Nwyoe, and why is he becoming a “sad-faced youth?”
5. Based on what you know of Okonkwo’s household, how do you think Ikefuma will fare there? How would you feel if you were Ikefuma?
6. What questions or unfamiliar English words came up in this chapter?

          Chapter Three

1. Who or what is Agbala? How and why do people communicate with him?
   
2. What does Okonkwo need from Nwakibie, and why does he need it?
3. What are three reasons it was hard for Okonkwo to “build up a barn” of  yams in the first year
4. Based on what you've read so far, explain the concept of chi. Do you think Okonkwo’s chi is a good one or not? Why?
5. Pick one sentence from the last page of the chapter three that foreshadows things to come.
6. What questions or unfamiliar English words came up in this chapter?

• Submit your feedback for our first full week together with this form.

• Watch this video for the remainder of class.
  

For Homework:

• Make sure you're caught up on everything, including reading through chapter three.