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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do members of the Civil Service Union say about Ikem Osodi?
(a) He is corrupt.
(b) He is nothing more than ordinary riff-raff.
(c) He is a communist.
(d) He is an elitist.

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

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

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

5. What does the national newspaper report about Ikem the following day?
(a) He will be deported immediately.
(b) He has disappeared.
(c) He is in favor of killing the President.
(d) He is guilty of the crime of regicide.

6. What shocking news do the travelers hear toward the end of Chapter 17?
(a) The national government has been overthrown in a coup d'etat.
(b) The President has been shot dead in a coup d'etat.
(c) The President has been kidnapped and is being held for ransom.
(d) The President has officially pardoned Chris and he is free to return to Bassa.

7. Who comes unexpectedly to see Ikem at his home in Chapter 10?
(a) Taxi drivers.
(b) People from the Abazon delegation.
(c) A group of peasants.
(d) Members of the Secret Police.

8. What is the meaning of the phrase "Ife onye metalu," painted on the front of the bus?
(a) Luxurious.
(b) Angel of Mercy.
(c) What a man commits.
(d) All Saints Bus.

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

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

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

12. What is revealed about Elewa in Chapter 13?
(a) She also participated in the plot to overthrow the President.
(b) She is actually a spy for the secret police.
(c) She wrote the letter incriminating Ikem.
(d) She is pregnant with Ikem's baby.

13. Who names Elewa's baby?
(a) Beatrice's servant, Agatha.
(b) The group of friends name her together.
(c) Elewa's elderly uncle.
(d) Elewa.

14. What does Ikem say is the title of his speech?
(a) Caesar and Brutus.
(b) The Tortoise and the Leopard.
(c) Samson and Jezebel.
(d) The Elephant and the Mouse.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What ceremony is Beatrice planning to hold in her apartment at the beginning of Chapter 18?

2. What does Chris find when he goes to Ikem's apartment?

3. What is the meaning of Amaechina, the name of Elewa and Ikem's baby girl?

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

5. What type of government is proposed by one of the audience members?

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