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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chris's death teach Emmanuel?
(a) That death is something to be laughed at, not feared.
(b) That life is short and must be savored.
(c) That the world is a cruel place.
(d) That it is possible to die with dignity.

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

3. Why is the President angry when he meets with Chris in Chapter 11?
(a) Chris wants to resign from his position.
(b) Ikem has published yet another article demanding the President step down.
(c) Beatrice has humiliated him in front of the Americans.
(d) He believes that Ikem helped plan the Abazonians' march on the Palace.

4. What does Ikem offer the soldier who stops him for questioning?
(a) Kola nuts.
(b) A bribe.
(c) Palm wine.
(d) A blessing.

5. What happens to the President?
(a) He was kidnapped by "unknown persons" and is presumed dead.
(b) He was kidnapped, tortured, shot, and buried in the bush.
(c) He fled to England.
(d) He committed suicide when he learned the coup was imminent.

6. What makes Chris smile as he dies?
(a) He was smiling as he remembered the innocence of the past.
(b) He smiled as he thought of Beatrice, his one true love.
(c) He was smiling at the irony of how the three once-proud friends had fallen.
(d) He smiled because the President was dead and Kangan would be free again.

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

8. What do the men who visit Ikem want from him?
(a) They threaten him with death if he continues his crusade.
(b) To say he should write an article about Abazon.
(c) To warn that his life may be in danger.
(d) To apologize for causing him trouble in traffic.

9. Which of the following best describes Ikem's speeches?
(a) They are serious speeches with little or no humor.
(b) They can be shocking and even offensive to their listeners.
(c) They make listeners feel good about themselves and their land.
(d) They are not typically controversial.

10. What do the visitors say they have heard about Ikem?
(a) He stays home, drinks cold beer, and forgets about the people.
(b) He fights for the small people.
(c) He has caused a traffic accident.
(d) He is plotting against the President.

11. What does Chris find when he goes to Ikem's apartment?
(a) A letter Ikem wrote to the editor of the Gazette.
(b) Ikem's body, along with a suicide note.
(c) Ikem's flat is in a shambles.
(d) Army jeeps are outside the flat.

12. Who does Ikem liken himself to at the beginning of Chapter 11?
(a) A laborer.
(b) An explorer.
(c) A poet.
(d) A beaten-down slave.

13. What kind of car does Ikem drive?
(a) A Toyota.
(b) A Peugeot.
(c) A Mercedes.
(d) A Datsun.

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

15. What does Chris realize at the end of Chapter 15?
(a) The poor are actually much happier than the rich.
(b) He learned nothing of value in college.
(c) It is not easy for a rich man to pretend he is poor.
(d) He is braver than he ever thought possible.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who names Elewa's baby?

3. How does the landscape change as the bus continues on its journey?

4. What has Ikem done in the past with his writing, according to the visitors?

5. What difficulty do Beatrice and Chris encounter on their last night together?

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