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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ikem Osodi speak out against in his first crusading editorial?
(a) Punishment without trial.
(b) Military takeovers.
(c) Public executions.
(d) Forced marriage.

2. At the end of Chapter 8, what does Chris say he won't do?
(a) Abandon his friend, the President.
(b) Lie low.
(c) Resign his job.
(d) Give up the things he loves.

3. Why is Beatrice angry with Chris in Chapter 8?
(a) She thinks he meant for her to spy on the President.
(b) She is angry that he did not attend the party with her.
(c) She thinks he meant for her to sleep with the President.
(d) She thinks he cheated with another woman.

4. Who is Mad Medico?
(a) The nickname of Dr. Ofe, a doctor guilty of serious malpractice.
(b) The President's personal physician, who made an attempt on the President's life.
(c) A foreigner who began a crusade against malpractice in the nation's hospitals.
(d) A clinically insane mental patient who staged a protest against a hospital.

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

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

7. What is the real name of Mad Medico?
(a) John Madsen.
(b) John Kent.
(c) Dick Smith.
(d) Dr. Reginald Okong.

8. According to legend, what happens in times past when the people of Abazon suffer?
(a) They moved to a new territory and conquered it.
(b) They prayed to the gods and were helped.
(c) Other territories came to their aid.
(d) They were helped by the great kings of the past.

9. How does Beatrice feel about Ikem?
(a) She admired him as if he were some kind of minor deity.
(b) He was her first and greatest love.
(c) She found him intelligent, but pompous and annoying.
(d) He was like a brother to her.

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

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

12. What weapon does the SRC director, Johnson Ossai, use to torture his victims during interrogations?
(a) A toilet plunger.
(b) A pair of scissors.
(c) A razor.
(d) A stapler.

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

14. Which best describes Sam as a young student?
(a) Intellectual.
(b) Dullard.
(c) Idealist.
(d) Socialite.

15. 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) They don't accomplish anything but antagonizing everyone.
(c) He thinks they are brilliant, but dares not say so to the President.
(d) They will get Ikem killed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the President do to punish the people from Abazon?

2. Whom does Beatrice sometimes feel like while in bed with Chris?

3. Who disapproves of Beatrice's being physically intimate with Chris while the two are not married?

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

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

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