Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart
Discussion Questions for Part Two

1. What makes Okonkwo's crime "a female ochu" (129)?

2. How does Uchendu's family respond to Okonkwo's arrival in Mbanta?

3. What is the significance of the name Nneka (133-134)?

4. What makes the residents of Abame fools in Uchendu's eyes?

5. How does Obierika respond when Okonkwo says, "I do not know how to thank you" (142)?

6. Why does Okonkwo object to the Christian notion of the Trinity? Who are the osu?

7. What kills Okoli?

8. What makes the new religion "abominable" to Okonkwo (167)?