1. Activity 1:
15 minutes on the Quizlet list:
https://quizlet.com/187695034/purple-hibiscus-chapter-four-flash-cards/
We´ll test your knowledge at the end (and don´t forget the vocab test next week!)
2. After finishing chapter 4, read this summary, filling in the gaps with the following words.
Copy and paste this into a word document and save it as Chapter 4 summary in your Purple Hibiscus folder.
snob
Idol-worshipping
Exams
Pride
Proud
Praising
Money
Soldiers
British
Second
Whip
Sweating
Chapter 4 summary
It remains
difficult for Kambili to read, even though her 1.___________ are approaching,
as she keeps seeing Mama’s blood in the letters. One day she is studying in her
room when Yewande Coker, the wife of Ade Coker (Papa’s editor at the Standard)
comes to the door sobbing. She says that 2.___________ have taken Ade away.
Papa comforts her, telling her to repeat a Bible verse. Kambili knows that Ade
was arrested because the last Standard had printed a story claiming that the
Head of State was drug trafficking, and questioning the earlier execution of
the three men.
The next
week Kambili takes her exams, and then is horrified to see that she has come 3.____________in
her class, even though the teacher has written her a glowing review. Kambili
knows that Papa will not be pleased.
She hears
Papa come home and go into Jaja’s room. Jaja had come first in his class, so
Kambili imagines Papa hugging him and 4.___________ him. Then Papa comes to
Kambili’s room and she gives him the report card. He is silent, and then asks about
the girl who came first. Papa tells Kambili to come down for dinner.
Later, Papa
starts to chide Kambili for her grades, but then the phone rings. Papa seems to
forget about Kambili’s punishment for a few days after that. He gets Ade Coker
out of prison, but his family only finds out by reading it in the Standard.
There Ade praises Papa as a brave “man of integrity.” Kambili feels a rush of 5.___________
as she reads this. Papa says that the paper will have to publish underground
now.
There is a
two-week break from school, and during a trip to the market, Kambili notices
the poor crowds. Mama tries to shield the children from seeing these scenes.
Kambili sees a woman spit on a soldier, and then sees the soldier 6.___________
her. Another soldier kicks down stalls selling fruits. As they drive home
Kambili cannot stop thinking about the woman in the dirt.
On Monday,
Papa drives Kambili to school, instead of Kevin taking her as he usually does.
They pass a beggar and Papa throws some 7.____________ to him. Kambili’s
school, the Daughters of the Immaculate Heart Secondary School, is surrounded
by high walls with broken glass on top. Papa had decided on this school because
he liked the walls, which enforced discipline.
They go into
the school grounds and Papa asks Kambili to take him to her class. One of the
white nuns sees him and starts talking excitedly. Papa uses a 8.__________
accent when he speaks to her, just as he does with Father Benedict. Papa tells
the sister that he is just there to see Kambili’s class. Papa and Kambili go on
and come to the group of girls standing outside the door.
Papa asks
Kambili to point out Chinwe Jideze for him. Papa says that Chinwe is not more
intelligent than Kambili and gives the lecture Kambili had expected, about his
own hard childhood, how hard he worked, how he escaped his 9.________________father
with the help of the Catholic missionaries.
The class
begins with a hymn, a prayer, and then the Nigerian national anthem. Then a
student always recites the pledge. Today the sister chooses Kambili to say it.
Kambili knows the words, but she cannot make herself speak. She starts 10.______________
as everyone stares at her. Finally she stutters and starts the pledge.
The
students go into their classrooms and a girl named Ezinne asks Kambili about
her holiday. She brings up the fact that Kambili came in second last term, but
says that her parents must still be 11.____________ of her. We learn that Chinwe
comes from a rich family just like Kambili, but Chinwe is very popular and the
other girls copy her style. Kambili, in contrast, spends all her free time
studying.
Ezinne
tells Kambili that Chinwe started the rumor that Kambili is a “backyard 12.__________”
because she doesn’t ever talk to the other girls, or walk with them after
school instead of running off. Kambili does this, though, because she knows
that she must run to Kevin’s car and get home on time or Papa will be angry.
One time she was late and he slapped her face with both hands. Kambili doesn’t
tell Ezinne this, though; she just says that she likes running.
