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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Ikem, what do all poor people seem to want from their leaders?
(a) They want handouts from their leaders.
(b) They want their leaders to live in luxury.
(c) They want their leaders to leave them alone.
(d) They want their leaders to be humble like them.

2. What do members of the Civil Service Union say about Ikem Osodi?
(a) He is corrupt.
(b) He is an elitist.
(c) He is a communist.
(d) He is nothing more than ordinary riff-raff.

3. According to the poem at the beginning of Chapter 10, what is Africa?
(a) A whipped slave.
(b) A back trembling with red scars.
(c) A young tree.
(d) An impetuous son.

4. How does the landscape change as the bus continues on its journey?
(a) It changes from arid desert to lush rainforest.
(b) It changes from flat plains to rugged mountains.
(c) It changes from rainforest to increasingly dry grassland.
(d) It changes from flat plains to rolling hills and valleys.

5. What does Chris find when he goes to Ikem's apartment?
(a) A letter Ikem wrote to the editor of the Gazette.
(b) Army jeeps are outside the flat.
(c) Ikem's body, along with a suicide note.
(d) Ikem's flat is in a shambles.

6. According to Ikem, who poses a threat to leadership?
(a) Women.
(b) Students.
(c) Storytellers.
(d) The poor and dispossessed.

7. Who is Ikem preparing to see in Chapter 10?
(a) Mad Medico.
(b) The President.
(c) Chris.
(d) Elewa.

8. What happens to the President?
(a) He was kidnapped, tortured, shot, and buried in the bush.
(b) He fled to England.
(c) He was kidnapped by "unknown persons" and is presumed dead.
(d) He committed suicide when he learned the coup was imminent.

9. What is the meaning of the phrase "Ife onye metalu," painted on the front of the bus?
(a) Angel of Mercy.
(b) All Saints Bus.
(c) Luxurious.
(d) What a man commits.

10. What does Elewa say about Ikem's car?
(a) It makes her ashamed.
(b) She is proud to be seen in it.
(c) It is dangerous to drive.
(d) It isn't flashy, but it's dependable.

11. Who is prepared to go on strike to support Chris and protest Ikem's death?
(a) University students.
(b) Factory laborers.
(c) Taxi drivers.
(d) Members of the President's Cabinet.

12. Who do political leaders always claim to be working for, according to Ikem?
(a) Themselves.
(b) Big business.
(c) God.
(d) The people.

13. When stopped by a soldier for questioning, what does Chris tell the soldier his profession is?
(a) A mechanic.
(b) A motor-parts salesman.
(c) A taxi driver.
(d) A priest.

14. How does Chris die?
(a) An old man identifies him as the Commissioner for Information, and he is shot by police for the reward.
(b) He dies of a combination of shock and heatstroke after learning of the coup.
(c) He stumbles in the road and is hit by a bus.
(d) He is shot while saving a girl from being raped by a police officer.

15. To what does Chris compare himself, Ikem, and the President?
(a) Three green saplings about to be chopped for firewood.
(b) Three green bottles on a shelf.
(c) Three green beetles singing.
(d) Three green peacocks strutting proudly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What other piece of false information is given by the newspaper about Chris?

2. Which of the following best describes Ikem's speeches?

3. In what has Ikem lost his faith?

4. What is the worst failure of government, according to Ikem?

5. What shocking news do the travelers hear toward the end of Chapter 17?

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