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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chris do that angers Ikem in Chapter 3?
(a) Hangs up the phone on him.
(b) Tells a lie about him to the President.
(c) Shouts at him in front of the Council.
(d) Forbids him to write a story about the delegation.

2. What is the meaning of NTBB?
(a) No Treatment Before Billing.
(b) Not To Be Broadcast.
(c) National Trust Bank of Bassa.
(d) National Telecommunications Bureau of Bassa.

3. What does Ikem think of the President, Sam?
(a) He is basically a good person who wants to do what is right.
(b) He is a brutal and vicious dictator who must be overthrown.
(c) He is a fool.
(d) He is a brilliant man.

4. What does the Attorney-General claim the people of the nation want from the President?
(a) They want him to be president-for-life.
(b) They want him to call for national elections.
(c) They want him to step down immediately.
(d) They want an end to the political killings.

5. Which province is asking for the President's help?
(a) Amazon.
(b) Kangan.
(c) Bassa.
(d) Abazon.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Ikem compose a hymn?

2. According to legend, what happens in times past when the people of Abazon suffer?

3. Who, according to law, has control over what is printed in the national newspaper?

4. In the hymn written by Ikem, what is happening to the world?

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

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