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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 revealed about Elewa in Chapter 13?
(a) She wrote the letter incriminating Ikem.
(b) She also participated in the plot to overthrow the President.
(c) She is pregnant with Ikem's baby.
(d) She is actually a spy for the secret police.

3. According to Ikem, who poses a threat to leadership?
(a) The poor and dispossessed.
(b) Students.
(c) Storytellers.
(d) Women.

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

5. What is the meaning of Amaechina, the name of Elewa and Ikem's baby girl?
(a) The remnant shall return.
(b) A woman is also something.
(c) A new hope is born.
(d) May the path never close.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ikem imply about charity work while addressing the charitable Rotary Club several months before?

2. Who is Braimoh?

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

4. What does Ikem offer the soldier who stops him for questioning?

5. What shocking news is given over the radio at the end of Chapter 11?

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