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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 was the name of the magazine that wrote an editorial praising the Prime minister?
(a) Time.
(b) The Mirror.
(c) The New Age.
(d) Blesk.

2. What did a German doctor say Ben's heart was as black as?
(a) The back of a cave.
(b) A black board.
(c) The night sky.
(d) A cooking pot.

3. What does Vero make up a song about?
(a) Going clothes shopping.
(b) Going to school.
(c) Making tea.
(d) Watching television.

4. What is the name of the island Mike travels to?
(a) Sao Tome.
(b) Penny Island.
(c) The Isle of Dogs.
(d) Zoot Island.

5. What does Michael recommend the old priest do?
(a) Construct another path.
(b) Contact his lawyers.
(c) Bury his ancestors deeper in the ground.
(d) Find a new religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ben tell the woman he will strike if she doesn't tell him who she is?

2. How does Matthew calm Ben down?

3. Whose point of view is the story in this section told from?

4. Where did Reginald and Gladys meet the second time they met?

5. What kind of pill does the priest give Mike?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the government suspend free primary education?

2. How did Cletus eventually get his sugar fix?

3. In what way does Ben show great self control?

4. How does Cletus lose his girlfriend in this story?

5. How do Mr. and Mrs. Emneike react when they hear Vera has tried to poison their child?

6. Why is Mr. Emenike angry at the new socialism in Nigeria?

7. How does Michael want to change the school?

8. Describe the argument between Martha and Mrs. Emenike?

9. What does the story say about Cletus' character?

10. Why does Martha decide against punishing Vera?

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