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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom does the Attorney-General compare the President during their conversation near the end of Chapter 2?
(a) Jesus.
(b) Gandhi.
(c) Caesar.
(d) Hitler.

2. What is the meaning of the phrase uwa-t'uwa, which Beatrice used to repeat to herself as a child?
(a) A woman is a woman.
(b) Woman born of woman.
(c) World without end.
(d) World within a world.

3. What does Ikem religiously avoid?
(a) Allowing his girlfriends to sleep overnight.
(b) Going out at night in a taxi.
(c) Becoming too involved in neighborhood gossip.
(d) Getting married.

4. What is the meaning of the word nneka?
(a) Mother of God.
(b) Mother is supreme.
(c) Mother is love.
(d) Mother is weak.

5. Which of the following is NOT true about the Director of the SRC, Johnson Ossai?
(a) He is young and good-looking.
(b) He speaks obsequiously to the President.
(c) He is friendly and talkative.
(d) He looks strong in a very disagreeable way.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the hymn composed by Ikem, who is found dead in the marketplace?

3. How does Beatrice feel about Ikem?

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

5. What happens to Ikem on his way to the Palace in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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