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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 11, what does the President demand Chris do?
(a) Resign immediately as Commissioner of Information.
(b) Break things off with Beatrice, who has insulted the President.
(c) Spy on Ikem for him.
(d) Suspend Ikem from his job as editor of the National Gazette.

2. What does Ikem imply about charity work while addressing the charitable Rotary Club several months before?
(a) It is vital to the future of the nation.
(b) It is the only type of work that is truly worth doing.
(c) It serves to make the privileged feel good about themselves.
(d) It is actually quite unnecessary.

3. When the men show up unexpectedly at Ikem's house in Chapter 10, how do they greet Ikem?
(a) In a friendly but insincere way.
(b) With smiles.
(c) Rudely.
(d) With scowls.

4. What kind of car does Ikem drive?
(a) A Peugeot.
(b) A Toyota.
(c) A Mercedes.
(d) A Datsun.

5. According to the poem at the beginning of Chapter 10, what is Africa?
(a) A back trembling with red scars.
(b) A whipped slave.
(c) A young tree.
(d) An impetuous son.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes unexpectedly to see Ikem at his home in Chapter 10?

2. Who is deported within forty-eight hours after Ikem's speech?

3. What is the worst failure of government, according to Ikem?

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

5. Who do political leaders always claim to be working for, according to Ikem?

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