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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Ikem's opinion of worker leaders and students?
(a) They hold no power.
(b) They represent the good of the common people.
(c) They are "ordinary riff-raffs."
(d) They are corrupt.

2. Who do political leaders always claim to be working for, according to Ikem?
(a) Themselves.
(b) Big business.
(c) The people.
(d) God.

3. What do people call the type of bus Chris and his companions take?
(a) Luxurious.
(b) Deluxe.
(c) Comfortable.
(d) Comfort.

4. What ceremony is Beatrice planning to hold in her apartment at the beginning of Chapter 18?
(a) A welcoming ceremony for the new government of Kangan.
(b) A naming ceremony for Elewa's baby girl.
(c) A funeral ceremony in memory of Chris and Ikem.
(d) A wedding ceremony for Emmanuel and Adamma.

5. What difficulty do Beatrice and Chris encounter on their last night together?
(a) They must sleep on the floor, as there is no bed.
(b) They wake Braimoh's children with their love-making.
(c) They lie awake fearing they will be found out by security forces.
(d) The tent is filled with mosquitoes.

6. What does Ikem imply about charity work while addressing the charitable Rotary Club several months before?
(a) It is the only type of work that is truly worth doing.
(b) It is vital to the future of the nation.
(c) It is actually quite unnecessary.
(d) It serves to make the privileged feel good about themselves.

7. What is the job of Ikem's prospective mother-in-law (Elewa's mother)?
(a) She is a market-woman who sells cloth.
(b) She is a union leader.
(c) She is a peasant.
(d) She is a professor at the university.

8. What does Chris want to do?
(a) Give Beatrice another chance.
(b) Resign.
(c) Discuss the issue with Ikem first.
(d) Suspend Ikem.

9. In which direction is Chris traveling in Chapter 17?
(a) South.
(b) West.
(c) East.
(d) North.

10. When the men show up unexpectedly at Ikem's house in Chapter 10, how do they greet Ikem?
(a) In a friendly but insincere way.
(b) With smiles.
(c) With scowls.
(d) Rudely.

11. According to the poem at the beginning of Chapter 10, what is Africa?
(a) An impetuous son.
(b) A whipped slave.
(c) A back trembling with red scars.
(d) A young tree.

12. The visitors call Ikem "oga." What do you guess is the meaning of that word?
(a) Writer or storyteller.
(b) Traitor.
(c) Important man.
(d) Friend.

13. What is the meaning of Amaechina, the name of Elewa and Ikem's baby girl?
(a) A new hope is born.
(b) The remnant shall return.
(c) A woman is also something.
(d) May the path never close.

14. What is a main point of Ikem's speech?
(a) The country must not be run by the elite, but by the common people.
(b) The people must commit themselves to charitable work in order to help the poor.
(c) Democracy cannot work until the workers and students rid themselves of corruption.
(d) Writers should not simply document social problems, but must propose solutions.

15. What does Ikem say when asked about plans to put the President's image on the national currency?
(a) Any President who puts his image on money shows that he can be bought with money.
(b) The President must think he is a God.
(c) The President has now officially become a tyrant.
(d) Any President foolish enough to put his head on a coin invites people to take his head off.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Ikem Osodi?

2. According to Ikem, who poses a threat to leadership?

3. What does Elewa say about Ikem's car?

4. Who does Ikem point out is not in the audience?

5. What shocking news is given over the radio at the end of Chapter 11?

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