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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. Of what is Hezekiah convinced at the beginning of Chapter 12?
(a) That Maxwell has taken a bribe.
(b) That Chief Nanga will increase his offer.
(c) That Chief Nanga is going to send his thugs after them.
(d) That Odili will change his mind.

2. What book does Odili think influenced Edna's letter?
(a) "The Song of the Blackbird."
(b) "The Complete Loveletter Writer."
(c) "Speeches: How to Make Them."
(d) "Toasts: How to Make Them."

3. Where does Odili decide to place his headquarters?
(a) Urua.
(b) Bori.
(c) Agoba.
(d) Anata.

4. What does Maxwell see Chief Nanga as an example of?
(a) What happens when an intelligent man has too much power.
(b) An insignificant buffoon.
(c) A charming leader.
(d) Why intelligent people should not abandon politics.

5. Where does Odili go after leaving Chief Nanga's house for the final time?
(a) His house in Anata.
(b) The Daily Chronicle's office.
(c) Maxwell Kulamo's apartment.
(d) His house in Urua.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why will Odili not retrieve Elsie in front of Chief Nanga?

2. Which two men ask Chief Nanga for a copy of his speech?

3. What is Hezekiah's chief motivation in politics?

4. What is the immediate task of the new party in Chapter 8?

5. Whom does Odili hear talking to Elsie through the door?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the poem Maxwell wrote seven years ago?

2. What sort of reception does Odili's political campaign receive in Anata?

3. How does Odili interpret Edna's letter?

4. What characterizes Odili's interaction with Chief Nanga at the Samalu house?

5. At what conclusion does Odili arrive after reflecting on the carpenter Timothy's statement?

6. What worries Odili about owning a car and having a position of some prestige?

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

8. How does Odili react to discovering that Elsie is sleeping with Chief Nanga?

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

10. What is the confusion about why Couple is put in jail?

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