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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 Mad Medico once do for the President while they are both in England?
(a) Lent him some money.
(b) Introduced him to some powerful people.
(c) Found him a girlfriend.
(d) Nursed him through a long illness.

2. What is the real name of Mad Medico?
(a) Dick Smith.
(b) John Madsen.
(c) Dr. Reginald Okong.
(d) John Kent.

3. In their conversation near the end of Chapter 8, what does Beatrice urge Chris to do?
(a) Run away with her to Europe.
(b) Distance himself from Ikem, who is in the President's disfavor.
(c) Apologize to the President on her behalf.
(d) Work to patch things up with Ikem and help protect him.

4. What is the meaning of NTBB?
(a) No Treatment Before Billing.
(b) National Telecommunications Bureau of Bassa.
(c) National Trust Bank of Bassa.
(d) Not To Be Broadcast.

5. What advice does old President Ngongo once give to the President?
(a) Beware your boyhood friends.
(b) Rely on military training and discipline to survive.
(c) Beware the men who flatter you most.
(d) Trust only your boyhood friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the President wish to be called?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 6, who invites Beatrice to a private dinner?

3. What is the name of the school attended by the President and Chris Oriko?

4. What is Mad Medico's job?

5. What is the first shrine to Idemili?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Ikem's opinion of labor leaders?

3. Why is Elewa angry with Ikem? Do you think she has a right to be angry?

4. Why is the President so angry with Ikem?

5. What does Beatrice help Ikem to realize about women?

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

7. Interpret Chris's dying words, "the last green."

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

9. Explain the story of the leopard and the tortoise. Why does the Abazon elder tell this story?

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

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