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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the visitors say they have heard about Ikem?
(a) He fights for the small people.
(b) He is plotting against the President.
(c) He stays home, drinks cold beer, and forgets about the people.
(d) He has caused a traffic accident.

2. Which best describes the religion practiced by Agatha?
(a) Animism, or spirit worship.
(b) Ancestor worship.
(c) She is an evangelical Christian.
(d) She is a devout Muslim.

3. Which American poet does Ikem quote when he says, "Do I contradict myself? Very well, I contradict myself. I am large, I contain multitudes"?
(a) Robert Frost.
(b) Graham Greene.
(c) Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
(d) Walt Whitman.

4. What do the anthills tell the grass of the savannah?
(a) They warn about a hard drought ahead.
(b) They tell about last year's brush fires.
(c) They warn about a sandstorm on the way.
(d) They tell about the importance of hard work.

5. The visitors call Ikem "oga." What do you guess is the meaning of that word?
(a) Friend.
(b) Writer or storyteller.
(c) Traitor.
(d) Important man.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people are present to hear the speech?

2. What is the crime of Dr. Ofe, the target of another of Ikem's editorial crusades?

3. Who disapproves of Beatrice's being physically intimate with Chris while the two are not married?

4. What is the meaning of the phrase "Ife onye metalu," painted on the front of the bus?

5. How does the landscape change as the bus continues on its journey?

(see the answer key)

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