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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. How do the people treat Josiah after the incident at the bar?
(a) They praise him.
(b) They treat him just the same.
(c) They go in fear of him.
(d) They boycott him.

2. After the political turmoil begins, with how much money does Odili return to Anata?
(a) 1,000 pounds.
(b) 250 pounds.
(c) 800 pounds.
(d) 600 pounds.

3. After Hezekiah is arrested, what do the trucks take away?
(a) Much of Urua's food supply.
(b) All of the Samalu furniture.
(c) Part of the Samalu compound.
(d) Pipes for the Rural Water Scheme.

4. How many floors does Chief Nanga's new house have?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Six.

5. Who gives Odili directions to Edna's house?
(a) Azoge.
(b) Mrs. Nanga.
(c) Dogo.
(d) Eddy Nanga.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Edna react to seeing Odili after the launching of the campaign?

2. To what room in Chief Nanga's house are Elsie's bags taken?

3. What does Odo call Odili's new car?

4. Why does Mrs. Nanga feel pity for Edna?

5. What is Maxwell's father's job?

Short Essay Questions

1. What sort of abuses of power does Chief Nanga exercise in his campaign?

2. Why is Couple's heckling of Maxwell effective?

3. What is suggested by the revelation that a junior member of Parliament is also a founding member of the CPC?

4. What is the general tone of Mrs. Nanga in her first conversation with Odili's while in Anata, and why is that the tone?

5. How does Odili interpret Edna's letter?

6. Describe the situation with Chief Nanga and the editor of the Daily Matchet, including its significance.

7. What is Odili's concern about the founding of the new political party?

8. How does Odili initially interpret Chief Nanga's order to move Elsie's bags into his absent wife's room?

9. What is the method of problem solving that Odili unconsciously employs while reconsidering his humiliation that occurred at the house of Chief Nanga?

10. What characterizes Odili's arrival at his friend Maxwell's apartment?

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