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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 does the President say is true of all African chiefs?
(a) They are polygamists.
(b) They can never trust anyone.
(c) They are greedy.
(d) They are dictators.

2. Who is the President warned may be plotting against him?
(a) Chris Oriko and Ikem Osodi.
(b) Professor Okong.
(c) The Attorney-General.
(d) Major Johnson Ossai.

3. Which best describes Elewa's personality?
(a) She angers easily but cools off just as quickly.
(b) She rarely ever gets angry, so it is shocking when she does.
(c) She is slow to get angry but then holds a grudge for a long time.
(d) She is constantly angry or in a bad mood.

4. What does Ikem religiously avoid?
(a) Allowing his girlfriends to sleep overnight.
(b) Going out at night in a taxi.
(c) Becoming too involved in neighborhood gossip.
(d) Getting married.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the former career of Professor Okong, the Commissioner for Home Affairs?

2. What, according to Ikem, is the enemy of art?

3. Which best describes Ikem's apparent attitude toward women, as explained by Chris in Chapter 5?

4. What is the meaning of the word nneka?

5. Which province is asking for the President's help?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Idemili and what does the folk tale about her convey about female power?

2. Why is Beatrice angry with Chris? Does she have a right to be angry?

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. What meaning does Chris find in the inscription "What a man commits," which is painted on the back of the bus?

5. Explain what happens in the parking lot after Ikem meets with the Abazon delegation. What does this incident seem to foreshadow?

6. Why do the Abazon leaders fail to support the President's bid to become dictator-for-life, and what does the President do in response to their lack of support?

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

8. Describe the male chauvinism in Beatrice's childhood home.

9. Why is Chris's death ironic, considering the news the group has just heard?

10. Why, according to Chris, is it so difficult to resolve the conflicts between Ikem and himself?

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