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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. To what does Chris compare himself, Ikem, and the President?
(a) Three green beetles singing.
(b) Three green peacocks strutting proudly.
(c) Three green saplings about to be chopped for firewood.
(d) Three green bottles on a shelf.

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

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

5. Who is Emmanuel?
(a) The person who arranged for him to take a flight to London.
(b) Chris's former government aide.
(c) A student union leader.
(d) A taxi driver.

6. 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 funeral ceremony in memory of Chris and Ikem.
(c) A wedding ceremony for Emmanuel and Adamma.
(d) A naming ceremony for Elewa's baby girl.

7. Who is Braimoh?
(a) A student union leader.
(b) Chris's former government aide.
(c) A priest.
(d) A taxi driver.

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

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

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

11. According to Ikem, what do all poor people seem to want from their leaders?
(a) They want their leaders to leave them alone.
(b) They want handouts from their leaders.
(c) They want their leaders to live in luxury.
(d) They want their leaders to be humble like them.

12. 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 professor at the university.
(c) She is a union leader.
(d) She is a peasant.

13. Who will make the journey with Chris?
(a) Elewa and Emmanuel.
(b) Braimoh and Emmanuel.
(c) Braimoh and his wife, Aina.
(d) Elewa and Braimoh.

14. How does Chris die?
(a) He is shot while saving a girl from being raped by a police officer.
(b) An old man identifies him as the Commissioner for Information, and he is shot by police for the reward.
(c) He dies of a combination of shock and heatstroke after learning of the coup.
(d) He stumbles in the road and is hit by a bus.

15. Who does Ikem point out is not in the audience?
(a) Peasants.
(b) Students.
(c) Workers.
(d) Politicians.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ikem say is the title of his speech?

2. Where does Ikem go to make a speech in Chapter 12?

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

4. Which of the following is true about Elewa?

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

(see the answer keys)

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