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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mad Medico address the President?
(a) By his given name, Sam.
(b) Your Excellency.
(c) Uncle John.
(d) Mister President.

2. What is apparently the main reason the President refuses to visit Abazon?
(a) The people of Abazon voted against his becoming President for life.
(b) He fears being assassinated in Abazon.
(c) He believes the President should not give in to the will of the people.
(d) The people of Abazon are mere peasants, not worthy of a visit.

3. Where is Beatrice educated?
(a) Yale University School of Economics.
(b) Queen's College at the University of London.
(c) She is uneducated, but has good common sense.
(d) The University of Bassa in Kangan.

4. According to Chris, which of the following describes Ikem?
(a) Cautious.
(b) Diplomatic.
(c) Fanatical.
(d) Cowardly.

5. What does Chris say about Ikem's crusading editorials?
(a) He thinks they are rubbish and that Osodi is completely out of his mind.
(b) He thinks they are brilliant, but dares not say so to the President.
(c) They don't accomplish anything but antagonizing everyone.
(d) They will get Ikem killed.

6. What is Chris's job when Beatrice first meets him?
(a) Minister.
(b) Commissioner of Information.
(c) University student.
(d) Editor of the National Gazette.

7. What does the powerful man have, according to the expression used by the Abazon elder?
(a) The palm oil and wine.
(b) The lightning bolt.
(c) The yam and the knife.
(d) The ear of God.

8. Which best describes Elewa's personality?
(a) She angers easily but cools off just as quickly.
(b) She is constantly angry or in a bad mood.
(c) She is slow to get angry but then holds a grudge for a long time.
(d) She rarely ever gets angry, so it is shocking when she does.

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

10. What, according to Ikem, is the enemy of art?
(a) Apathy.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Orthodoxy.

11. What is the Eye of God in the hymn?
(a) Fate.
(b) A hurricane.
(c) The Sun.
(d) The Moon.

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

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

14. What does Sam originally want to become, before he is steered into a military career?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) A musician.
(d) A teacher.

15. When Beatrice awakens the morning after her argument with the President, what does she hear a bird singing?
(a) Beatrice, Beatrice!
(b) Who mocks the king?
(c) Wake the lady, wake the lady!
(d) Is the king's property correct?

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the anthills tell the grass of the savannah?

2. Who is Mad Medico?

3. What is the meaning of NTBB?

4. Who does the President send to officially welcome the Abazon delegation?

5. What does the elder from Abazon call the President?

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