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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What shocking news do the travelers hear toward the end of Chapter 17?
(a) The President has been kidnapped and is being held for ransom.
(b) The President has officially pardoned Chris and he is free to return to Bassa.
(c) The national government has been overthrown in a coup d'etat.
(d) The President has been shot dead in a coup d'etat.

2. What is the meaning of the phrase "Ife onye metalu," painted on the front of the bus?
(a) Luxurious.
(b) All Saints Bus.
(c) What a man commits.
(d) Angel of Mercy.

3. What does the national newspaper report about Ikem the following day?
(a) He will be deported immediately.
(b) He has disappeared.
(c) He is in favor of killing the President.
(d) He is guilty of the crime of regicide.

4. Why is the President angry when he meets with Chris in Chapter 11?
(a) Chris wants to resign from his position.
(b) Beatrice has humiliated him in front of the Americans.
(c) Ikem has published yet another article demanding the President step down.
(d) He believes that Ikem helped plan the Abazonians' march on the Palace.

5. What typically happens at police and army checkpoints?
(a) The guards take a bribe from the bus driver and send him on his way.
(b) The guards ask for every passenger's identification papers.
(c) The guards rifle through the passengers' belongings and confiscate any valuables.
(d) Everyone must get off the bus for questioning.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ceremony is Beatrice planning to hold in her apartment at the beginning of Chapter 18?

2. What does Chris ask for at a restaurant that he cannot get?

3. Which of the following does Beatrice realize about her servant, Agatha?

4. What happens to Ikem Osodi?

5. Who is Emmanuel?

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