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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the hymn written by Ikem, what is happening to the world?
(a) It is breaking out in a terrible war.
(b) It is suffering from a terrible plague.
(c) It is drowning in a new flood.
(d) It is burning up.

2. What is the job of Mad Medico's English friend, Dick?
(a) A specialist in African diseases.
(b) A political economist.
(c) Journalist for the London Times.
(d) Poetry magazine editor.

3. What advice does old President Ngongo once give to the President?
(a) Rely on military training and discipline to survive.
(b) Beware your boyhood friends.
(c) Beware the men who flatter you most.
(d) Trust only your boyhood friends.

4. What is Mad Medico's job?
(a) Surgeon general.
(b) The President's personal physician.
(c) Hospital administrator.
(d) Malpractice lawyer.

5. In Chapter 4, the reader first learns the name of the fictional African country in which this novel is set. What is it?
(a) Bassa.
(b) Kangan.
(c) Abazon.
(d) Kabisa.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Attorney-General describe himself to the President?

2. What does Ikem Osodi speak out against in his first crusading editorial?

3. What is the SRC?

4. In Chapter 3, who does Ikem say must be overthrown?

5. What is the real name of Mad Medico?

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