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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the meaning of NTBB?
(a) National Trust Bank of Bassa.
(b) National Telecommunications Bureau of Bassa.
(c) Not To Be Broadcast.
(d) No Treatment Before Billing.

2. What happens when Ikem goes to complain about the police constable's conduct?
(a) He is jailed.
(b) The officer who detained him denies ever seeing him before.
(c) He is threatened.
(d) The officer who detained him is reprimanded severely.

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

4. What happens to Ikem on his way to the Palace in Chapter 3?
(a) A taxi sideswipes him, drawing an ugly gash on his car.
(b) He has a standoff with a taxi driver who tries to cut in front of him.
(c) He is arrested by the state police.
(d) He narrowly avoids a terrible accident.

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

6. What does Chris's girlfriend study at the university?
(a) Political philosophy.
(b) English.
(c) Economics.
(d) Chinese and Japanese.

7. According to the African legend recounted by Ikem, what is once true about the Sky?
(a) It was white instead of blue.
(b) It was a woman.
(c) It was made of food.
(d) It was close to the Earth.

8. Who does the Attorney-General say may not be one hundred percent behind the President?
(a) Chris Oriko.
(b) Major Johnson Ossai.
(c) Professor Okong.
(d) Ikem Osodi.

9. To whom does the Attorney-General compare the President during their conversation near the end of Chapter 2?
(a) Caesar.
(b) Gandhi.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Hitler.

10. What is the main message of the hymn written by Ikem?
(a) The people of Abazon must rise up and overthrow the President.
(b) God must help the people of Abazon.
(c) God is punishing the people of Abazon.
(d) The President must help the people of Abazon.

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

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

13. Where will the dinner Beatrice attends in Chapter 6 be held?
(a) At the Presidential Palace.
(b) At the White House.
(c) At the U.S. Embassy.
(d) At the Presidential Retreat.

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

15. Which province is asking for the President's help?
(a) Abazon.
(b) Kangan.
(c) Bassa.
(d) Amazon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Sam educated?

2. How does Beatrice feel about Ikem?

3. How do the members of the Abazonian delegation receive Ikem?

4. According to Ikem, which is the biggest single group of oppressed people in the world?

5. According to Chris, which of the following describes Ikem?

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