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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. The fight between the President and the people of Abazon is likened to the struggle between which two animals?
(a) The fox and the rabbit.
(b) The lion and the mouse.
(c) The leopard and the tortoise.
(d) The elephant and the flea.

2. What is Lou Cranford's attitude toward the President and his staff?
(a) Familiar and domineering.
(b) Shy and a little fearful.
(c) Polite and formal.
(d) Admiring to the point of being worshipful.

3. What is the meaning of the word nneka?
(a) Mother is supreme.
(b) Mother is weak.
(c) Mother is love.
(d) Mother of God.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 8, what does Chris say he won't do?

2. Which major character is from Abazon?

3. What does Chris say the modern leaders of Africa must be like in order to build up their nations?

4. Who does the Attorney-General say may not be one hundred percent behind the President?

5. How does the Attorney-General describe himself to the President?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In what ways is the naming ceremony untraditional?

3. Describe the confrontation between Ikem and the taxi driver in Chapter 3. What does it reveal about Ikem's character?

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

5. The Abazon elder asks what is most important in a war--the battle-drum, the waging of the war, or the story afterwards. Tell which he thinks is most important, and why. What is the point of his analogy?

6. Describe Professor Okong.

7. What do the cab drivers think of Ikem?

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

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

10. How is Beatrice portrayed in the media? How does she think of herself?

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