AP English Literature Period 1

1. Read Chapters 9-13 of Things Fall apart. Be sure to read/annotate using post-it notes. Select one quote per chapter (a total of 5 quotes) and respond to the quote you selected (this means you wrote it at the top of the page of your TFA journal). Then you responded...for example, what does the quote reveal? why did you choose this quote?, etc. responses should be no less than one half of your folded journal page. Study Questions: Chapter 9: At this time, the Igbo people used the concept of obange to describe what? As Ezinma and Ekwefi are cooking yams, they discuss the fact that large quantities of vegetables cook down to smaller quantities by telling the story of the snake-lizard. Why did the snake-lizard kill his mother and himself? Chapter 10: Who are the egwugwu? That is their role in Igbo (Ibo) society at this time of the novel? Chapter 11: Re-read the story of tortoise. Why don't the birds want tortoise to accompany them? How does he change their minds? How does tortoise get away? What is tortoise' ultimate fate (what happens to him?)? Chapter 12:1. How do the people of Umuike develop their market? 2. The story of the man and the goat shows that the Umuike market is often filled with thieves. What happens in this story? 3. What do Okonkwo’s first and third wives contribute to the betrothal feast? 4. Why does Ekwefi join the betrothal feast later? 5. The members of Obierika’s extended family sit in a half-moon. When his in-laws arrive, they complete the circle. What is the significance of the seating arrangement? Chapter 13: What happens to Ezeudu? What major accident happens at Ezeudu's funeral? What happens to Okonkwo? Can you belive it? Oh my! Be ready to fiscuss questions you have about your reading as well. I will ask all of yiou to write doewn a question from chapter 9-13 as part of your ADMIT slip.