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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the President send to officially welcome the Abazon delegation?
(a) Professor Okong.
(b) Chris Oriko.
(c) Major Johnson Ossai.
(d) Ikem Osodi.

2. Why is Beatrice angry with Chris in Chapter 8?
(a) She thinks he meant for her to spy on the President.
(b) She thinks he meant for her to sleep with the President.
(c) She is angry that he did not attend the party with her.
(d) She thinks he cheated with another woman.

3. What is the SRC?
(a) The committee in charge of propaganda.
(b) A team of reporters from abroad.
(c) The national military.
(d) The secret police.

4. In Chapter 4, the reader first learns the name of the fictional African country in which this novel is set. What is it?
(a) Bassa.
(b) Kabisa.
(c) Abazon.
(d) Kangan.

5. The visitors call Ikem "oga." What do you guess is the meaning of that word?
(a) Important man.
(b) Writer or storyteller.
(c) Friend.
(d) Traitor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes unexpectedly to see Ikem at his home in Chapter 10?

2. What is Sam's great talent?

3. What is the name of the school attended by the President and Chris Oriko?

4. What does Ikem religiously avoid?

5. How does the Attorney-General describe himself to the President?

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