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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Where is Sam educated?
(a) West Point.
(b) Yale.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Sandhurst.

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

6. Which is true about the Abazon elder?
(a) He is illiterate.
(b) He is highly educated.
(c) He speaks very little.
(d) He has a soft voice, but a powerful message.

7. What is Beatrice's job?
(a) She works in a shop.
(b) She is a newspaper reporter.
(c) She works for the Ministry of Finance.
(d) She is a literature professor.

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

9. What does the President say is true of all African chiefs?
(a) They are dictators.
(b) They are polygamists.
(c) They can never trust anyone.
(d) They are greedy.

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

11. 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.

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

13. Who is Lou Cranford?
(a) An American diplomat.
(b) A reporter with the American United Press.
(c) A girlfriend of the President.
(d) A student of political science.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Chris Oriko and the President first meet?

2. What does Ikem Osodi speak out against in his first crusading editorial?

3. How does Beatrice feel about Ikem?

4. What does the powerful man have, according to the expression used by the Abazon elder?

5. In Chapter 3, who does Ikem say must be overthrown?

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