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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What other piece of false information is given by the newspaper about Chris?
(a) He is now in police custody.
(b) He is wanted by security officers.
(c) He is missing and presumed dead.
(d) He may have fled for London.

2. On what pretext does a police constable detain Ikem as he leaves the meeting at the end of Chapter 9?
(a) The officer accuses him of colluding with the Abazonians in a plot against the President.
(b) The officer says he failed to use his parking light.
(c) The officer says he is driving an unregistered vehicle.
(d) He is forbidden to speak to the delegation or to write about it.

3. Which best describes Sam as a young student?
(a) Intellectual.
(b) Dullard.
(c) Socialite.
(d) Idealist.

4. Which is most important in a great fight, according to the Abazon elder: the sounding of the battle drum, the fierce waging of the war itself, or the telling of the story afterwards?
(a) The story.
(b) The battle drum.
(c) All are equally important.
(d) The fierce waging of the war itself.

5. Which of the following does Beatrice realize about her servant, Agatha?
(a) She is totally incompetent, but Beatrice loves her anyway.
(b) She is religious, but has no sense of charity.
(c) Although she worships "primitive" gods, she is not a primitive person.
(d) She pretends to be kind, but is really wicked and cruel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the powerful man have, according to the expression used by the Abazon elder?

2. The fight between the President and the people of Abazon is likened to the struggle between which two animals?

3. Which is true about the Abazon elder?

4. How do the members of the Abazonian delegation receive Ikem?

5. Which best describes Ikem's apparent attitude toward women, as explained by Chris in Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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