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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who is the President warned may be plotting against him?
(a) Chris Oriko and Ikem Osodi.
(b) Major Johnson Ossai.
(c) Professor Okong.
(d) The Attorney-General.

4. What does Ikem Osodi speak out against in his first crusading editorial?
(a) Punishment without trial.
(b) Forced marriage.
(c) Military takeovers.
(d) Public executions.

5. What advice does old President Ngongo once give to the President?
(a) Trust only your boyhood friends.
(b) Beware the men who flatter you most.
(c) Beware your boyhood friends.
(d) Rely on military training and discipline to survive.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which best describes Beatrice's attitude as she is being driven to the dinner at the beginning of Chapter 6?

2. How does Beatrice feel about Ikem?

3. What does Lou Cranford say the President should do?

4. What does the delegation from Abazon say they want?

5. What is the main message of the hymn written by Ikem?

(see the answer key)

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