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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The visitors call Ikem "oga." What do you guess is the meaning of that word?
(a) Traitor.
(b) Important man.
(c) Friend.
(d) Writer or storyteller.

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

3. What are the rich and powerful like, according to Ikem?
(a) Elephants.
(b) Lions.
(c) Roosters.
(d) Peacocks.

4. How many people are present to hear the speech?
(a) Over 5000.
(b) Over 2000.
(c) Only about 100.
(d) About 500.

5. What makes Chris smile as he dies?
(a) He smiled because the President was dead and Kangan would be free again.
(b) He smiled as he thought of Beatrice, his one true love.
(c) He was smiling at the irony of how the three once-proud friends had fallen.
(d) He was smiling as he remembered the innocence of the past.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ikem liken himself to at the beginning of Chapter 11?

2. In what has Ikem lost his faith?

3. Who names Elewa's baby?

4. What does Ikem say is the title of his speech?

5. How does Chris die?

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