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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Kabisa.
(c) Abazon.
(d) Kangan.

2. Why is Beatrice angry with Chris in Chapter 8?
(a) She thinks he meant for her to spy on the President.
(b) She is angry that he did not attend the party with her.
(c) She thinks he meant for her to sleep with the President.
(d) She thinks he cheated with another woman.

3. What is Chris's job when Beatrice first meets him?
(a) University student.
(b) Commissioner of Information.
(c) Minister.
(d) Editor of the National Gazette.

4. Which American poet does Ikem quote when he says, "Do I contradict myself? Very well, I contradict myself. I am large, I contain multitudes"?
(a) Robert Frost.
(b) Graham Greene.
(c) Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
(d) Walt Whitman.

5. At the end of Chapter 8, what does Chris say he won't do?
(a) Abandon his friend, the President.
(b) Lie low.
(c) Resign his job.
(d) Give up the things he loves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chris say about Ikem's crusading editorials?

2. How do Chris Oriko and the President first meet?

3. What weapon does the SRC director, Johnson Ossai, use to torture his victims during interrogations?

4. What natural disaster has occurred in Abazon province?

5. Where is Beatrice educated?

(see the answer key)

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