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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. In Part One, Chapter 4, why is Adekunle able to blackmail Leafy?
(a) Adekunle knows of Leafy's promiscuous habits.
(b) Adekunle knows of Leafy's gain in employment as a British ambassador.
(c) Adekunle knows of Leafy's failed business attempts.
(d) It is unknown at this point in the novel.

2. In Part One, Chapter 5, where does Leafy go after leaving the club?
(a) Home.
(b) His office.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) Hazel's.

3. How does Leafy feel about Chloe's request at the Commission complex?
(a) He eagerly accepts.
(b) He refuses because it is illegal.
(c) He feels he is lowering himself to do it.
(d) He is unable to complete the request.

4. In Part One, Chapter 2, what does Leafy do with Hazel?
(a) Buys tickets back to England.
(b) Works on her dissertation.
(c) Sleeps with her.
(d) Plots against the Fanshawes.

5. Whom does Morgan run into at the beginning of Part One, Chapter 3?
(a) Chloe Fanshawe.
(b) Priscilla.
(c) Dr. Alex Murray.
(d) Lee Wan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Leafy want to get to know Dr. Murray?

2. In Part One, Chapter 1, with whom is Morgan in love?

3. What does Lee Wan introduce Leafy to in Africa?

4. Where does Hazel live?

5. In Part One, Chapter 5, what does Leafy regret?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Leafy feel about his appearance?

2. In what ways does Adekunle encourage Leafy to know Dr. Murray better?

3. Explain how the death of Innocence symbolizes Leafy's predicament in Africa.

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

5. In what ways is Leafy selfish?

6. What information is revealed about Leafy's loved ones back home?

7. What tragedy strikes the British High Commission in Nkongsamaba, and how is Leafy involved?

8. Explain Leafy's need for control and how he controls Hazel.

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

10. 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.

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