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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does the Attorney-General claim the people of the nation want from the President?
(a) They want him to be president-for-life.
(b) They want him to call for national elections.
(c) They want him to step down immediately.
(d) They want an end to the political killings.

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

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

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

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

8. What is the meaning of Beatrice's given name, Nwanyibuife?
(a) A female is also something.
(b) A female is nothing.
(c) African warrior.
(d) African beauty.

9. Which best describes Chris's opinion of Okong?
(a) Okong, though a buffoon, is one of the few honest politicians in the government.
(b) Okong, though he may seem harmless, is a dangerous man.
(c) Okong, though a buffoon, is politically astute and adept at propaganda.
(d) Okong is a brilliant journalist and literary artist, if not a good politician.

10. What is the main message of the hymn written by Ikem?
(a) The people of Abazon must rise up and overthrow the President.
(b) The President must help the people of Abazon.
(c) God is punishing the people of Abazon.
(d) God must help the people of Abazon.

11. 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.

12. Who does the Attorney-General say may not be one hundred percent behind the President?
(a) Professor Okong.
(b) Chris Oriko.
(c) Major Johnson Ossai.
(d) Ikem Osodi.

13. In Chapter 3, who does Ikem say must be overthrown?
(a) The Messenger of the Creator.
(b) The King of Misinformation.
(c) The Brigadier of Misfortune.
(d) The wild Sun of April.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chris say about Ikem's crusading editorials?

2. Who is Lou Cranford?

3. What does Chris say the President is becoming?

4. What is the crime of Dr. Ofe, the target of another of Ikem's editorial crusades?

5. Which of the following are mentioned in Ikem's hymn as dying off and leaving no void?

(see the answer keys)

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