Question

In Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, how did the village of Umuofia retaliate when one of their own was murdered by someone from Mbaino?

They declared war on the village of Mbaino.
They murdered someone from Mbaino in return.
They collected a fine of one hundred goats from Mbaino.
They took a virgin and a small boy from Mbaino as payment.

Answer 1

In “Things Fall Apart” someone from Mbaino village killed the wife of an Umuofia tribesman, as all the Umuofia tribe is anger they sent Okonkwo to the Mbaino tribe to deliver the message that they need to give a virgin and a young man as payment for the crime or the two villages will go to war. The answer is they took a virgin and a small boy from Mbaino as payment.

Answer 2

In Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, the village of Umuofia retaliate when one of their own was murdered by someone from Mbaino is They collected a fine of one hundred goats from Mbaino.