Part II

1. Okonkwo has taken his family to his "motherland" Mbanta for committing the crime of accidentally killing a yound man, so as punishment he was banished for eight years. Okonkwo despairs because he established his life there and earned his living off of the land, and had also earned a place of respect among the Umoufians earning himself one of the highest ranks of the village which, with his banishment, went to waste. Uchendu responds to Okonkwo's despair by telling him to get over it because what he is going through isn't as bad as it could be.

2. What had happened to the Abame clan was that the white men had whiped them out. When a white man visited the Abame village, the oracle claimed that more would come along with devastation, and as a result the clan killed the white man. In turn, more came to destroy the village. Uchednu and Okonkwo account differently for the "foolishness" of the Abame because Uchendu believes the Abame were foolish for reacting that way toward the white man which they knew nothing about, and Okonkwo agrees but believes they were even more foolish for not listening to the oracle's warning and arm themselves. Okonkwo's reaction seems wiser in the old ways of living. With death and war being so common, trying to learn more about the white man could have very well destroyed the Abames, so it would have been better to just play it safe and arm themselves just in case. What Uchendu means by "there is no story that is not true" is that with different people come different beliefs and as long as someone believes in something it is true to them even if it doesn't seem that way to another.

3. The first time Obierika visits Okonkwo in exile is to give him the harvest money for his crops and to drop off yams, and the second time Obierika visits is to tell Okonkwo that Nwoye is following the White man and the Christian ways. Nwoye's motives for converting to Christianity lie in her curiosity and the fact she believes the church answers many questions about the Igbo way of life. When the White men arrived along with the Christian church, the people thought of them as fools and laughed at their appearance and beliefs. In an effort to mock these new beliefs, they granted the white man an area in the Evil Forest to build their church. Unexpected by the people of the village, the church was built and the people involved were unharmed. This gave the missionaries their evangelical appearance along with the fact that no harm came to them through the mockery of the African Gods. The sources of misunderstanding between the Igbo and missionaries are with the fact that the Igbo cannot accept new beliefs of ruling under only one God. The Igbo have many Gods for which explain a natural event, and stories to go along with it. The kinds of Africans attracted to the new religion are the outcasts and shameful ones. Also, women with twins who do not wish to leave their infant children in the Evil Forest to perish flock to the church. They like the religion because they are not thought of differently for what they have done and are treated well. Nwoye converts to Christianity because he feels it provides answers to life. When Okonkwo finds out, he beats and chokes Nwoye who flees and never returns.

4. The crises the church in Mbanta had early in its life included incidents of outbursts from church followers in the town about the uselessness and falseness of the Igbo gods, conflicts between the village and church allowing outcasts to join, and a rumor about a church follower killing a python, which is thought of as sacred to the Igbo people. The people of Mbanta are largely content with allowing the new church to remain in the village because they do not believe the church will have a large affect on them, and they believe that those who turn away from their gods will be punished accordingly. The differences between the religion of the Mbanta people and that of the Christian missionaries is mainly the belief in either one god or many gods.

5. The changes expressed by Uchendu and a speech by an elder of the umunna are about the old ways of the people and how things were done; when kinsmen gathered regularly and often, and things were respected greatly. The change is with the younger generations and how they do not follow the old ways as they used to be, and they fear for the younger generation and future of the clan that the old ways will be lost. These changes might prepare the way for the White man's success in imposing his rule in Africa because of the loss of respect for how things were once done, allowing controversy in what is right and wrong leaving the newer and younger generations to believe that what they were raised to believe isn't right. With doubt in their minds, the White man can then come with new beliefs and influence them to follow in their ways.