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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Who is prepared to go on strike to support Chris and protest Ikem's death?
(a) Taxi drivers.
(b) Factory laborers.
(c) Members of the President's Cabinet.
(d) University students.

7. What is the job of Ikem's prospective mother-in-law (Elewa's mother)?
(a) She is a professor at the university.
(b) She is a market-woman who sells cloth.
(c) She is a peasant.
(d) She is a union leader.

8. What is Ikem's mood at the beginning of Chapter 11?
(a) He is exhilarated.
(b) He is terrified.
(c) He is nervous, but hopeful.
(d) He is exhausted.

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

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

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

12. Which of the following does Beatrice realize about her servant, Agatha?
(a) She pretends to be kind, but is really wicked and cruel.
(b) She is religious, but has no sense of charity.
(c) Although she worships "primitive" gods, she is not a primitive person.
(d) She is totally incompetent, but Beatrice loves her anyway.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What shocking news do the travelers hear toward the end of Chapter 17?

4. When stopped by a soldier for questioning, what does Chris tell the soldier his profession is?

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

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