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

Multiple Choice 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"?
(a) Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
(b) Robert Frost.
(c) Walt Whitman.
(d) Graham Greene.

2. Where does Ikem meet with the delegation from Abazon in Chapter 9?
(a) At his offices in the National Gazette.
(b) At the Presidential Palace.
(c) At his private home.
(d) At the hotel where they are staying.

3. To what does Ikem compose a hymn?
(a) To the Sun.
(b) To his country, Kangan.
(c) To God.
(d) To the Moon.

4. Why is Ikem Osodi's girlfriend, Elewa, angry with him in Chapter 4?
(a) Ikem is sending her home.
(b) She thinks Ikem's controversial editorials are putting them both at risk.
(c) Ikem refused to call the police when the neighbor beat his wife.
(d) Ikem will not eat the food Elewa cooked.

5. What does Lou Cranford say the President should do?
(a) Limit aid to the people of Abazon.
(b) Decrease the debt owed to the United States.
(c) Maintain high levels of debt to the United States.
(d) Increase aid to the people of Abazon.

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

7. What is the meaning of the phrase uwa-t'uwa, which Beatrice used to repeat to herself as a child?
(a) World without end.
(b) Woman born of woman.
(c) A woman is a woman.
(d) World within a world.

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

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

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

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

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

13. What is the SRC?
(a) The committee in charge of propaganda.
(b) The secret police.
(c) A team of reporters from abroad.
(d) The national military.

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

15. 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 stapler.
(d) A razor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a crime problem in the city now, much feared by Elewa?

2. What does Ikem religiously avoid?

3. What does Chris say the modern leaders of Africa must be like in order to build up their nations?

4. What is Sam's great talent?

5. What is the real name of Mad Medico?

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