Part Three - Chapter 20 1. What is the first thing Okonkwo plans to do when he returns to his clan? 2.
What does Okonkwo hope his sons will be initiated into when his family returns from exile? 3. Who is
called the Crystal of Beauty in Mbanta, growing into a healthy, buoyant young woman? 4. What is the
nickname of kotma, the court messengers who guard the prison which holds people who break the
white man's law? 5. Why does Obierika tell Okonkwo that it is too late to fight the white man and drive
him from the land? 6. When Aneto kills Oduche over a land dispute, what does the white man's
government decide? Chapter 21 1. Who is the white missionary that makes friends with great men of
the clan and is presented with a carved elephant tusk? 2. What is the name of the god that the people of
Umuofia believe is the creator of the all the world and the other gods? 3. What does Mr. Brown build in
Umuofia? 4. How does Mr. Brown encourage the people to attend school? 5. What is Nwoye's name
changed to after he joins the Christians? 6. What does Okonkwo mourn when he returns to his clan?
Chapter 22 1. Who is the missionary that replaces Mr. Brown in Umuofia? 2. What does Mr. Smith tell
the people about ogbanje, the evil children who are born over and over again to plague their mothers?
3. Who touches off the conflict between church and clan in Umuofia that has been building since Mr.
Brown left? 4. What does Enoch do that is one of the greatest crimes a man can commit during the
annual ceremony? 5. What does the angry band of egwugwu do to Enoch's compound and the Christian
church as revenge for unmasking one of the ancestral spirits? 6. What option does Ajofia, the leading
egwugwu, give to Mr. Smith when they come to the church? Study Guide Questions for Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe 7 Chapter 23 1. What does the District Commissioner do three days after the
destruction of the church? 2. What happens to the six leaders of Umuofia during their meeting with the
District Commissioner? 3. What punishment does the District Commissioner give the six leaders of
Umuofia? 4. How are the six leaders of Umuofia treated while in captivity? 5. How many cowries do the
court messengers ask the people for as payment to release their leaders? 6. Why do the men of
Umuofia meet in the marketplace after the village crier beats the message on the ogene? Chapter 24 1.
What happens to the six leaders of Umuofia once the fine is paid to the District Commissioner? 2. What
does Okonkwo vow to do after being released from the white man's prison? 3. What does Okonkwo feel
the greatest obstacle to going to war against the white man is? 4. When the village meeting is called
after the six leaders are released from the white man's prison, what does Okika say the clan should do?
5. What does Okika suggest they do that their fathers had never done before? 6. What does Okonkwo
do when the court messengers come to the meeting, telling the clan to stop? Chapter 25 1. What does
the District Commissioner find when he goes to Okonkwo's compound? 2. What does the group of men
ask the District Commissioner for? 3. What does the District Commissioner see when Obierika and five
or six others lead them to a small bush behind Okonkwo's compound? 4. Why do Obierika and the other
clan members need help getting Okonkwo's body down from the tree? 5. Who can bury the body of a
clan member who commits suicide? 6. What does Obierika yell to the District Commissioner after
Okonkwo's body is taken down?