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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 Chris's job when Beatrice first meets him?
(a) Commissioner of Information.
(b) University student.
(c) Editor of the National Gazette.
(d) Minister.

2. At the beginning of Chapter 6, who invites Beatrice to a private dinner?
(a) Chris.
(b) Sam.
(c) Ikem.
(d) Agatha.

3. What is the former career of Professor Okong, the Commissioner for Home Affairs?
(a) Army officer.
(b) Baptist minister.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Newspaper editor.

4. What is the Eye of God in the hymn?
(a) A hurricane.
(b) Fate.
(c) The Moon.
(d) The Sun.

5. What happens to Ikem on his way to the Palace in Chapter 3?
(a) He narrowly avoids a terrible accident.
(b) He has a standoff with a taxi driver who tries to cut in front of him.
(c) He is arrested by the state police.
(d) A taxi sideswipes him, drawing an ugly gash on his car.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Beatrice awakens the morning after her argument with the President, what does she hear a bird singing?

2. What does Ikem think of the President, Sam?

3. What does Sam originally want to become, before he is steered into a military career?

4. What does Chris's girlfriend study at the university?

5. According to Ikem, which is the biggest single group of oppressed people in the world?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the "Sun of April" represent in Ikem's allegory, and what does the allegory imply about the state of affairs in Kangan?

2. What does Ikem mean when he says it is a writer's job to give headaches and not prescriptions? Do you agree with this statement?

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

4. Explain how Chris is able to fool the police at a security checkpoint.

5. Why is Mad Medico deported?

6. Describe Mad Medico's relationship to the President and his attitude toward him.

7. Why, according to Chris, does the President begin to distance himself from Ikem and Chris?

8. What is Ikem's attitude toward women, according to Chris?

9. Explain the purpose of Mad Medico's graffiti.

10. Describe Professor Okong.

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