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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What typically happens at police and army checkpoints?
(a) Everyone must get off the bus for questioning.
(b) The guards rifle through the passengers' belongings and confiscate any valuables.
(c) The guards ask for every passenger's identification papers.
(d) The guards take a bribe from the bus driver and send him on his way.

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

4. Who is deported within forty-eight hours after Ikem's speech?
(a) Chris.
(b) Ikem.
(c) Mad Medico.
(d) The leader of the University of Bassa Student Union.

5. According to Professor Okong, why has the President been upset with both Chris and Ikem for the past two years?
(a) He thinks they have been working behind his back to have him overthrown.
(b) He is still bitter about the way they gossiped about his English girlfriend.
(c) They have been leaking information about him to the foreign press.
(d) They did not help ensure his election as President for life.

6. What type of government is proposed by one of the audience members?
(a) A theocratic dictatorship guided by the principles of Islam.
(b) A Western-style democracy led by the middle class, or bourgeoisie.
(c) An oligarchy led by the educated people of the nation.
(d) A democratic dictatorship led by the working class, or proletariat.

7. At the beginning of Chapter 16, where is Chris planning to travel?
(a) To London.
(b) To the sea coast in the west, where he can catch a boat to America.
(c) To the province of Abazon.
(d) To guerrilla camps in the mountains.

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

9. What does Elewa say about Ikem's car?
(a) She is proud to be seen in it.
(b) It is dangerous to drive.
(c) It makes her ashamed.
(d) It isn't flashy, but it's dependable.

10. 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 it is possible to die with dignity.
(d) That the world is a cruel place.

11. In what has Ikem lost his faith?
(a) Public affairs.
(b) The monarchy.
(c) Communism.
(d) The art of journalism.

12. What are the rich and powerful like, according to Ikem?
(a) Peacocks.
(b) Lions.
(c) Roosters.
(d) Elephants.

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

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

15. What is the worst failure of government, according to Ikem?
(a) The massive and pervasive corruption.
(b) The failure to connect with the poor and dispossessed.
(c) Subservience to foreign manipulation.
(d) The reliance on capitalism.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which direction is Chris traveling in Chapter 17?

2. What do members of the Civil Service Union say about Ikem Osodi?

3. What is revealed about Elewa in Chapter 13?

4. According to the poem at the beginning of Chapter 10, what is Africa?

5. When the men show up unexpectedly at Ikem's house in Chapter 10, how do they greet Ikem?

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