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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 officially pardoned Chris and he is free to return to Bassa.
(b) The President has been kidnapped and is being held for ransom.
(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. At the beginning of Chapter 16, where is Chris planning to travel?
(a) To the province of Abazon.
(b) To the sea coast in the west, where he can catch a boat to America.
(c) To London.
(d) To guerrilla camps in the mountains.

3. What is the job of Ikem's prospective mother-in-law (Elewa's mother)?
(a) She is a union leader.
(b) She is a peasant.
(c) She is a market-woman who sells cloth.
(d) She is a professor at the university.

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

5. What does Chris realize at the end of Chapter 15?
(a) He learned nothing of value in college.
(b) He is braver than he ever thought possible.
(c) It is not easy for a rich man to pretend he is poor.
(d) The poor are actually much happier than the rich.

Short Answer Questions

1. The visitors call Ikem "oga." What do you guess is the meaning of that word?

2. According to Ikem, who poses a threat to leadership?

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

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

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

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