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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the delegation from Abazon say they want?
(a) To declare loyalty to the president and ask for help.
(b) To demand that the president hold elections.
(c) To demand that the president step down.
(d) To protest the local government's lack of action.

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

3. Which best describes Beatrice's attitude as she is being driven to the dinner at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) Excited.
(b) Fearful.
(c) Angry.
(d) Honored.

4. Which best describes Ikem's apparent attitude toward women, as explained by Chris in Chapter 5?
(a) They should be held on a pedestal and treated like princesses.
(b) They are the equals of men, according to his Marxist philosophy.
(c) They are beneath men and should be treated as such.
(d) They are there only to comfort him, but are not good intellectual partners.

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

6. What is the name of the school attended by the President and Chris Oriko?
(a) Lord Lugard College.
(b) The Royal Academy of Kangan.
(c) Queen Mary College.
(d) The Boys' Finishing School in Bassa.

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

8. What do the anthills tell the grass of the savannah?
(a) They warn about a hard drought ahead.
(b) They tell about last year's brush fires.
(c) They warn about a sandstorm on the way.
(d) They tell about the importance of hard work.

9. What is the former career of Professor Okong, the Commissioner for Home Affairs?
(a) Newspaper editor.
(b) Baptist minister.
(c) Army officer.
(d) Lawyer.

10. What does Ikem think of the President, Sam?
(a) He is basically a good person who wants to do what is right.
(b) He is a fool.
(c) He is a brutal and vicious dictator who must be overthrown.
(d) He is a brilliant man.

11. What is one of Beatrice's nicknames?
(a) Bea.
(b) Mama B.
(c) BB.
(d) Baby.

12. What is the name of Chris's girlfriend?
(a) Barbara.
(b) Beatrice.
(c) Elewa.
(d) Joy.

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

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

15. Who is Idemili?
(a) The Goddess of War.
(b) Daughter of the Sun.
(c) The Goddess of Love.
(d) Daughter of the Moon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which American poet does Ikem quote when he says, "Do I contradict myself? Very well, I contradict myself. I am large, I contain multitudes"?

2. Which best describes Chris's opinion of Okong?

3. Which best describes Sam as a young student?

4. What is Chris's job when Beatrice first meets him?

5. Who is the President warned may be plotting against him?

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