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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is apparently the main reason the President refuses to visit Abazon?
(a) He believes the President should not give in to the will of the people.
(b) He fears being assassinated in Abazon.
(c) The people of Abazon are mere peasants, not worthy of a visit.
(d) The people of Abazon voted against his becoming President for life.

2. Who is drinking with Mad Medico at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Ikem.
(b) Ikem and Chris Oriko.
(c) Chris Oriko.
(d) No one.

3. To what does Ikem compose a hymn?
(a) To God.
(b) To the Moon.
(c) To his country, Kangan.
(d) To the Sun.

4. What does Chris say the President is becoming?
(a) A baby monster.
(b) A ruthless dictator.
(c) A ridiculous buffoon.
(d) Increasingly reckless.

5. What is Mad Medico's job?
(a) Malpractice lawyer.
(b) Hospital administrator.
(c) The President's personal physician.
(d) Surgeon general.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Beatrice feel about Ikem?

2. According to Chris, which of the following describes Ikem?

3. What does Ikem religiously avoid?

4. On what pretext does a police constable detain Ikem as he leaves the meeting at the end of Chapter 9?

5. Who, according to law, has control over what is printed in the national newspaper?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the National Gazette distort Ikem's words to make him seem guilty? What lies are told about his death?

2. Describe Mr. So Therefore and how he got his nickname. What seems to be the attitude toward spousal abuse in Kangan?

3. What is happening outside the Presidential Palace in Chapter 1?

4. Why is Mad Medico deported?

5. Why does Agatha refuse to serve Elewa? What does the incident suggest about class differences in their society?

6. Describe Professor Okong.

7. Why is the President so angry with Ikem?

8. Why must Chris leave the city?

9. Why do most well-off city dwellers from Bassa never travel to the north of the country by bus?

10. In what ways is the naming ceremony untraditional?

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