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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What god does Beatrice worship?
(a) Jehovah.
(b) The unknown god.
(c) A pagan goddess.
(d) Allah.

2. In the hymn composed by Ikem, who is found dead in the marketplace?
(a) A prostitute.
(b) A fortune teller.
(c) All the villagers.
(d) A madman.

3. How do Chris Oriko and the President first meet?
(a) They grew up in the same small village.
(b) They met at university in England.
(c) They were schoolmates at the age of 13 or 14.
(d) They were in the military together.

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

5. What does Mad Medico once do for the President while they are both in England?
(a) Lent him some money.
(b) Found him a girlfriend.
(c) Nursed him through a long illness.
(d) Introduced him to some powerful people.

6. In the hymn written by Ikem, what is happening to the world?
(a) It is suffering from a terrible plague.
(b) It is breaking out in a terrible war.
(c) It is burning up.
(d) It is drowning in a new flood.

7. At the beginning of Chapter 6, who invites Beatrice to a private dinner?
(a) Chris.
(b) Ikem.
(c) Agatha.
(d) Sam.

8. What does Chris say the President is becoming?
(a) Increasingly reckless.
(b) A ridiculous buffoon.
(c) A baby monster.
(d) A ruthless dictator.

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

10. Which of the following is NOT true about the Director of the SRC, Johnson Ossai?
(a) He is young and good-looking.
(b) He is friendly and talkative.
(c) He speaks obsequiously to the President.
(d) He looks strong in a very disagreeable way.

11. What is the meaning of the phrase uwa-t'uwa, which Beatrice used to repeat to herself as a child?
(a) World without end.
(b) A woman is a woman.
(c) World within a world.
(d) Woman born of woman.

12. To what does Ikem compose a hymn?
(a) To the Moon.
(b) To his country, Kangan.
(c) To God.
(d) To the Sun.

13. What is the job of Mad Medico's English friend, Dick?
(a) A specialist in African diseases.
(b) Poetry magazine editor.
(c) A political economist.
(d) Journalist for the London Times.

14. Which major character is from Abazon?
(a) Ikem Osodi.
(b) The President himself.
(c) Chris Oriko.
(d) Professor Okong.

15. The fight between the President and the people of Abazon is likened to the struggle between which two animals?
(a) The leopard and the tortoise.
(b) The lion and the mouse.
(c) The fox and the rabbit.
(d) The elephant and the flea.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which best describes the Commissioners' attitude toward the President as shown throughout Chapter 1?

2. What does Chris's girlfriend study at the university?

3. What is Sam's great talent?

4. What is the name of Chris's girlfriend?

5. Who is Ikem Osodi?

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