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

2. Who does the Attorney-General say may not be one hundred percent behind the President?
(a) Major Johnson Ossai.
(b) Chris Oriko.
(c) Professor Okong.
(d) Ikem Osodi.

3. Which best describes Sam as a young student?
(a) Socialite.
(b) Intellectual.
(c) Idealist.
(d) Dullard.

4. How do Chris Oriko and the President first meet?
(a) They were in the military together.
(b) They were schoolmates at the age of 13 or 14.
(c) They grew up in the same small village.
(d) They met at university in England.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following are mentioned in Ikem's hymn as dying off and leaving no void?

2. Which best describes Beatrice's attitude as she is being driven to the dinner at the beginning of Chapter 6?

3. What is apparently the main reason the President refuses to visit Abazon?

4. Which best describes Chris's opinion of Okong?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ikem feel exhilarated after his meeting with the taxi drivers?

2. Who are the demonstrators outside the Palace, and what do they want?

3. Explain the argument between Ikem and Chris at the beginning of Chapter 3. Who has more integrity, Ikem or Chris, and what does their argument reveal about the state of the free press in Kangan?

4. Compare Beatrice's religious attitudes with those of her maid, Agatha.

5. How, according to Ikem, do working-class people expect their leaders to live?

6. Why should the President be ashamed, according to Beatrice?

7. Describe the American reporter's manner at the party. Why does Beatrice dislike her?

8. What do the cab drivers think of Ikem?

9. What message about women is portrayed in the African folk tale about why the sky is far away from the earth?

10. To whom are storytellers a threat, according to Ikem?

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