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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Sam originally want to become, before he is steered into a military career?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A musician.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A lawyer.

4. What is the real name of Mad Medico?
(a) Dick Smith.
(b) John Kent.
(c) John Madsen.
(d) Dr. Reginald Okong.

5. Where is Beatrice educated?
(a) Yale University School of Economics.
(b) Queen's College at the University of London.
(c) The University of Bassa in Kangan.
(d) She is uneducated, but has good common sense.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ikem's mood at the beginning of Chapter 11?

2. To what does Chris compare himself, Ikem, and the President?

3. What weapon does the SRC director, Johnson Ossai, use to torture his victims during interrogations?

4. According to Ikem, what do all poor people seem to want from their leaders?

5. How do Chris Oriko and the President first meet?

(see the answer key)

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