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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a crime problem in the city now, much feared by Elewa?
(a) Rape.
(b) Spousal abuse.
(c) Political killings.
(d) Armed robberies.

2. Which of the following are mentioned in Ikem's hymn as dying off and leaving no void?
(a) Vultures.
(b) Wolves.
(c) Zebras.
(d) Songbirds.

3. Who is Mad Medico?
(a) A clinically insane mental patient who staged a protest against a hospital.
(b) A foreigner who began a crusade against malpractice in the nation's hospitals.
(c) The President's personal physician, who made an attempt on the President's life.
(d) The nickname of Dr. Ofe, a doctor guilty of serious malpractice.

4. In the hymn written by Ikem, what is happening to the world?
(a) It is suffering from a terrible plague.
(b) It is breaking out in a terrible war.
(c) It is drowning in a new flood.
(d) It is burning up.

5. What does the President claim to be?
(a) A law expert.
(b) A common civilian.
(c) A simple soldier.
(d) A career politician.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chris do that angers Ikem in Chapter 3?

2. What is the former career of Professor Okong, the Commissioner for Home Affairs?

3. How does Mad Medico address the President?

4. In Chapter 4, the reader first learns the name of the fictional African country in which this novel is set. What is it?

5. What does Ikem Osodi speak out against in his first crusading editorial?

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