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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. For what does the radio announce Hezekiah was removed as local POP chairman?

2. What is the name of Odili's chief bodyguard?

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

4. What is the name of the trade unionist?

5. Why does Odili not want to launch the local campaign at his father's house?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Odili interpret Edna's letter?

3. Why do Boniface and the other bodyguards want 25 pounds, and why does Odili object?

4. What is revealed about Edna's character in the scene on the VIP porch?

5. Describe the first impression given of Odo, Edna's father.

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At the end of the story, it is said that Maxwell Kulamo is a martyr. Analyze this statement. For what was he a martyr? How does his martyrdom advance this cause? Other than his death, what other events in the story reaffirm his status as a martyr?

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 9, Timothy, the Christian carpenter, says that "Josiah has taken away enough for the owner to notice." Examine the relevance of this statement to the story. How is it shown to be true in Anata? Is it true in the country as a whole? Why is it noticed differently in a small village than in the whole country? Does this imply anything about large-scale democracy, and if so, what?

Essay Topic 3

A subtle theme in "A Man of the People" is the disparity in sexual equality throughout Nigerian society. How are women portrayed as less important throughout the story? How is this status quo challenged? What female character embodies resignation to this standard, and what character challenges it? How is this shown in the story?

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