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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Ikem point out is not in the audience?
(a) Students.
(b) Workers.
(c) Politicians.
(d) Peasants.

2. What does the delegation from Abazon say they want?
(a) To demand that the president step down.
(b) To demand that the president hold elections.
(c) To protest the local government's lack of action.
(d) To declare loyalty to the president and ask for help.

3. According to Professor Okong, why has the President been upset with both Chris and Ikem for the past two years?
(a) They did not help ensure his election as President for life.
(b) He thinks they have been working behind his back to have him overthrown.
(c) They have been leaking information about him to the foreign press.
(d) He is still bitter about the way they gossiped about his English girlfriend.

4. Where does Ikem go to make a speech in Chapter 12?
(a) To the American Embassy.
(b) To Abazon.
(c) To the Presidential Palace.
(d) To the University of Bassa.

5. 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 fierce waging of the war itself.
(b) All are equally important.
(c) The story.
(d) The battle drum.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the meaning of the word nneka?

2. According to Chris, which of the following describes Ikem?

3. What does the Attorney-General claim the people of the nation want from the President?

4. What is the meaning of the phrase uwa-t'uwa, which Beatrice used to repeat to herself as a child?

5. To whom does the Attorney-General compare the President during their conversation near the end of Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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