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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What typically happens at police and army checkpoints?
(a) The guards take a bribe from the bus driver and send him on his way.
(b) The guards rifle through the passengers' belongings and confiscate any valuables.
(c) The guards ask for every passenger's identification papers.
(d) Everyone must get off the bus for questioning.

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

3. Which of the following best describes Ikem's speeches?
(a) They are serious speeches with little or no humor.
(b) They can be shocking and even offensive to their listeners.
(c) They make listeners feel good about themselves and their land.
(d) They are not typically controversial.

4. Who is drinking with Mad Medico at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Chris Oriko.
(b) Ikem and Chris Oriko.
(c) Ikem.
(d) No one.

5. What does Ikem say is the title of his speech?
(a) Caesar and Brutus.
(b) The Tortoise and the Leopard.
(c) Samson and Jezebel.
(d) The Elephant and the Mouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the poem at the beginning of Chapter 10, what is Africa?

2. What are the rich and powerful like, according to Ikem?

3. What does Chris ask for at a restaurant that he cannot get?

4. Where is Beatrice educated?

5. Who is the President warned may be plotting against him?

(see the answer key)

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