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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chris say the modern leaders of Africa must be like in order to build up their nations?

2. Who is Lou Cranford?

3. What happens to Ikem on his way to the Palace in Chapter 3?

4. What is apparently the main reason the President refuses to visit Abazon?

5. At the end of Chapter 8, what does Chris say he won't do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does their stay at Braimoh's house teach Chris and Beatrice about the way the poor live?

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

3. Why is Elewa angry with Ikem? Do you think she has a right to be angry?

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

5. How does the National Gazette distort Ikem's words to make him seem guilty? What lies are told about his death?

6. What is Ikem's attitude toward women, according to Chris?

7. What does Beatrice help Ikem to realize about women?

8. Compare Beatrice's religious attitudes with those of her maid, Agatha.

9. What do the cab drivers think of Ikem?

10. Whom does Okong warn the President about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about the use of West African Pidgin dialect in the dialogue.

1) Who uses the dialect? Why do some characters use it all the time while others switch back and forth?

2) What attitude is shown toward the dialect by various characters? For instance, consider how Ikem talks "deliberately over the head" of Elewa, and how Emmanuel speaks Pidgin to Adamma on the bus.

Essay Topic 2

Examine Ikem's theory of "New Radicalism" as presented in his speech at the university.

1) What is the problem with the idea of a proletarian-led democracy?

2) Who needs to clean up their act before democracy can be achieved?

Essay Topic 3

Anthills of the Savannah describes a country under the rule of an increasingly tyrannical dictator. Describe the various ways in which the dictator exerts control over his Cabinet and over the people.

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