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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does Ikem compose a hymn?
(a) To the Moon.
(b) To his country, Kangan.
(c) To the Sun.
(d) To God.

2. The fight between the President and the people of Abazon is likened to the struggle between which two animals?
(a) The fox and the rabbit.
(b) The leopard and the tortoise.
(c) The lion and the mouse.
(d) The elephant and the flea.

3. Whom does Beatrice sometimes feel like while in bed with Chris?
(a) The goddess Idemili.
(b) Queen Elizabeth with her paramour.
(c) Chielo, the holy priestess and prophetess.
(d) Beatrice from Dante's Divine Comedy.

4. Who is Lou Cranford?
(a) An American diplomat.
(b) A student of political science.
(c) A girlfriend of the President.
(d) A reporter with the American United Press.

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

6. What do the people of Abazon do to anger the President?
(a) They wanted to become an independent state.
(b) They took over a neighboring territory, brutally murdering the inhabitants.
(c) They tried to overthrow him.
(d) They voted against his becoming President for life.

7. What does Chris do that angers Ikem in Chapter 3?
(a) Tells a lie about him to the President.
(b) Hangs up the phone on him.
(c) Shouts at him in front of the Council.
(d) Forbids him to write a story about the delegation.

8. What is happening outside as the President holds a meeting with his cabinet?
(a) There is a violent hurricane.
(b) There is a large demonstration.
(c) Gunfire breaks out on the streets.
(d) There is a terrible dust storm.

9. What does Chris say about Ikem's crusading editorials?
(a) He thinks they are brilliant, but dares not say so to the President.
(b) They don't accomplish anything but antagonizing everyone.
(c) He thinks they are rubbish and that Osodi is completely out of his mind.
(d) They will get Ikem killed.

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

11. Who, according to law, has control over what is printed in the national newspaper?
(a) Chris Oriko.
(b) The Security Research Council.
(c) The President.
(d) Ikem Osodi.

12. Which of the following is NOT true about the Director of the SRC, Johnson Ossai?
(a) He speaks obsequiously to the President.
(b) He is friendly and talkative.
(c) He looks strong in a very disagreeable way.
(d) He is young and good-looking.

13. What happens when Ikem goes to complain about the police constable's conduct?
(a) The officer who detained him denies ever seeing him before.
(b) He is jailed.
(c) He is threatened.
(d) The officer who detained him is reprimanded severely.

14. To whom does the Attorney-General compare the President during their conversation near the end of Chapter 2?
(a) Gandhi.
(b) Hitler.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Caesar.

15. Who must appeal to Idemili?
(a) Women who wish to marry.
(b) Women who wish to bear children.
(c) A man who wishes to take on an important title.
(d) Farmers who wish to have a good crop.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the real name of Mad Medico?

2. What is the meaning of NTBB?

3. According to the African legend recounted by Ikem, what is once true about the Sky?

4. To which character from literature does Beatrice compare the American woman, Lou Cranford?

5. Which best describes Beatrice's attitude as she is being driven to the dinner at the beginning of Chapter 6?

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