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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who do political leaders always claim to be working for, according to Ikem?
(a) God.
(b) Themselves.
(c) The people.
(d) Big business.

2. On what pretext does a police constable detain Ikem as he leaves the meeting at the end of Chapter 9?
(a) The officer says he is driving an unregistered vehicle.
(b) The officer accuses him of colluding with the Abazonians in a plot against the President.
(c) He is forbidden to speak to the delegation or to write about it.
(d) The officer says he failed to use his parking light.

3. Which is most important in a great fight, according to the Abazon elder: the sounding of the battle drum, the fierce waging of the war itself, or the telling of the story afterwards?
(a) All are equally important.
(b) The story.
(c) The fierce waging of the war itself.
(d) The battle drum.

4. To what does Chris compare himself, Ikem, and the President?
(a) Three green saplings about to be chopped for firewood.
(b) Three green peacocks strutting proudly.
(c) Three green bottles on a shelf.
(d) Three green beetles singing.

5. How does the Attorney-General describe himself to the President?
(a) As the equal to any white man.
(b) As a slave to his master.
(c) As a good friend, like a brother to the President.
(d) As a poor ignorant bush person.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the job of Mad Medico's English friend, Dick?

3. Where does Ikem go to make a speech in Chapter 12?

4. The fight between the President and the people of Abazon is likened to the struggle between which two animals?

5. Why is the President angry when he meets with Chris in Chapter 11?

(see the answer key)

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