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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following is true about Elewa?
(a) She is well-educated and confident.
(b) She is semi-illiterate and very insecure.
(c) She is semi-illiterate, but very self-confident.
(d) She is well-educated, but unsure of herself.

4. What common convenience can the poor people Chris is staying with not afford?
(a) Electricity.
(b) A stove to heat water.
(c) Bug spray.
(d) Beds.

5. What message does Beatrice receive from an anonymous caller at the beginning of Chapter 14?
(a) Chris will be sent to London that night.
(b) Chris's hiding place is secure and she should not worry.
(c) Chris must be moved to a new hiding place.
(d) Chris wants to meet with her that evening.

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

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

8. What shocking news is given over the radio at the end of Chapter 11?
(a) The leaders from Abazon have mysteriously disappeared--likely kidnapped by the SRC.
(b) The six leaders from Abazon are under arrest for staging an illegal protest.
(c) The President is ill and is in the hospital.
(d) Ikem has been sacked from his job.

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

10. In Chapter 11, what does the President demand Chris do?
(a) Break things off with Beatrice, who has insulted the President.
(b) Resign immediately as Commissioner of Information.
(c) Spy on Ikem for him.
(d) Suspend Ikem from his job as editor of the National Gazette.

11. Who is Ikem preparing to see in Chapter 10?
(a) The President.
(b) Chris.
(c) Elewa.
(d) Mad Medico.

12. What should political leaders NOT do, according to Ikem?
(a) Pretend to be like the poor by wearing aged jeans.
(b) They can do anything they like.
(c) Drive luxury cars or otherwise show off their wealth.
(d) Mingle with the poor or make friends with poor and low-class people.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ikem imply about charity work while addressing the charitable Rotary Club several months before?

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

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

4. Who is deported within forty-eight hours after Ikem's speech?

5. According to the National Gazette, Chris is spotted wearing what disguise?

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