Week 6 - JSS2 English language Past Questions and Answers - page 2

Unless

Either , Or

Neither / Nor

not only, but also

Ikemefuna becomes Okonkwo’s adopted son through a dispute between the village of Umuofia and a neighboring village, Mbaino. After a woman from Umuofia is murdered in the Mbaino market, Okonkwo travels to Mbaino and demands that the village surrender a virgin and a young man to avoid war with Umuofia. Mbaino complies, and Okonkwo turns the young man, Ikemefuna, over to his first wife for safekeeping.

Ezinma is the only child of Okonkwo’s second wife, Ekwefi, and she is also Okonkwo’s favorite daughter. Okonkwo feels drawn to Ezinma for her precocious intelligence and strong will. She possesses the personality traits required to grow into a distinguished member of society, and Okonkwo often laments that she was not born a boy.

Nwoye converts to Christianity largely to reject the excessive standard of masculinity his father wants him to uphold. Nwoye is different from his father, and Okonkwo constantly punishes him for it. Stifled by his father’s expectations, Nwoye runs away and joins the European church. His conversion also provides him an opportunity to learn reading and writing, which feeds his love of storytelling.