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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the position held by Christopher Oriko?
(a) Commissioner for Information.
(b) Director of the State Research Council (SRC).
(c) Commissioner for Education.
(d) Editor of the National Gazette.

2. Who does the Attorney-General say may not be one hundred percent behind the President?
(a) Professor Okong.
(b) Chris Oriko.
(c) Major Johnson Ossai.
(d) Ikem Osodi.

3. What does the President claim to be?
(a) A common civilian.
(b) A simple soldier.
(c) A career politician.
(d) A law expert.

4. What is the former career of Professor Okong, the Commissioner for Home Affairs?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Newspaper editor.
(c) Baptist minister.
(d) Army officer.

5. What is Beatrice's job?
(a) She works in a shop.
(b) She works for the Ministry of Finance.
(c) She is a newspaper reporter.
(d) She is a literature professor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the President say is true of all African chiefs?

2. Which best describes Elewa's personality?

3. Which best describes Ikem's apparent attitude toward women, as explained by Chris in Chapter 5?

4. What does Chris do that angers Ikem in Chapter 3?

5. What does Mad Medico once do for the President while they are both in England?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain what the President wants Okong to do about the demonstration. Why won't he meet with the delegation himself?

2. Who are the demonstrators outside the Palace, and what do they want?

3. How is Beatrice portrayed in the media? How does she think of herself?

4. What message about women is portrayed in the African folk tale about why the sky is far away from the earth?

5. Describe Mr. So Therefore and how he got his nickname. What seems to be the attitude toward spousal abuse in Kangan?

6. Explain how the President came to power and why he needed Christopher Oriko's help.

7. How has the President changed, according to Ikem, and why has he done so?

8. The Abazon elder asks what is most important in a war--the battle-drum, the waging of the war, or the story afterwards. Tell which he thinks is most important, and why. What is the point of his analogy?

9. Why must Chris leave the city?

10. Why is the President so angry with Ikem?

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