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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. Whom is Leafy directed to bribe?
(a) Priscilla.
(b) Adekunle.
(c) Dalmire.
(d) Dr. Murray.

2. What is the purpose of the land Adekunle sold to the Nkongsamba Town Council two years ago?
(a) Municipal rubbish dump.
(b) Apartment buildings.
(c) City park.
(d) Nkongsamba city council offices.

3. What does Leafy think about his father?
(a) He longs for the relationship he had with him as a child.
(b) He is jealous of his calm personality.
(c) He despises him for how he treated him as a child.
(d) He is an indistinct enigmatic figure.

4. What does Leafy lecture Hazel about when she returns from her errand for him?
(a) Keeping the place tidy.
(b) Her promiscuous habits.
(c) Her inability to manage money.
(d) Her infidelity.

5. What is Leafy thinking about on his way home in Part One, Chapter 5?
(a) His failed relationship with Priscilla.
(b) How he will bribe Dr. Murray.
(c) His work tomorrow at the office.
(d) Whether or not he wants to go and see Hazel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the protagonist?

2. What is the name of the person in the place where Hazel lives?

3. What causes Leafy to question Hazel about her evening plans?

4. What are Leafy's instructions from Fanshawe?

5. Who consulted the town planning records on the land in the proposed deal?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author use foreshadowing in Part One, Chapter 3?

2. In Part One, Chapter 1, why is Leafy upset with himself?

3. What happened to Leafy's father, and how has it affected his life?

4. What does the note the steward delivers to Leafy say?

5. Why doesn't Dr. Murray want to issue a positive report on Adekunle's land?

6. How does Leafy respond when Dr. Murray says he will not remove Innocence's body? What does this say about Leafy's ability to act under pressure?

7. In Part One, Chapter 1, the reader discovers Leafy is being blackmailed. Explain what is known about this situation in this section of the novel.

8. Explain Morgan Leafy's profession and location.

9. What information is revealed by Lee Wan?

10. Why is Leafy to bribe Dr. Murray?

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