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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sara do that makes Garrigan curious as to her intentions for the action?
(a) Hugs Idi Amin
(b) Whispers to young boys
(c) Takes careful notes
(d) Runs away from the crowd

2. Perkins tells Garrigan that Amin will soon be cracking down on the ________ and he is right.
(a) Asians
(b) Spanish
(c) British
(d) French

3. What is hurting when Garrigan goes to the hospital to examine Idi Amin?
(a) His wrist
(b) His foot
(c) His head
(d) His stomach

4. Who tells Garrigan that he/she is restricted by the position of his/her spouse and are bored as a result?
(a) Sara
(b) Marina Perkins
(c) Idi Amin
(d) Sasha Amin

5. What does Mrs. Merrit reveal to Garrigan as the reason why Dr. Merrit will not go back to England?
(a) No family
(b) Illness
(c) No pension
(d) Bad relationship with son

6. Who is the young messenger who delivers the note to Garrigan inviting him to visit?
(a) Elisa Merrit
(b) Bonney
(c) Gugu
(d) Gaga

7. What is Amin's daughter supposedly suffering from having within her body?
(a) Coin
(b) Lego
(c) Embroidery needle
(d) A large knife

8. What meal does Garrigan share with his hospitable note writer from the bus trip into town?
(a) Tea
(b) Lunch
(c) None
(d) Breakfast

9. What is the health problem Garrigan thinks he has, though Sara discovers otherwise and fixes him right up?
(a) Acid reflex
(b) Appendicitis
(c) Ear infection
(d) Gas

10. What do Idi Amin and the rest of his entourage take with them after the accident on the road?
(a) Garrigan's journal
(b) A handful of dirt
(c) Garrigan
(d) Cow

11. Garrigan is NOT invited to the ______________ service in celebration of his fourth marriage.
(a) Muslim
(b) Pagan
(c) Voodoo
(d) Christian

12. What does Garrigan use in order to learn more about the country and the people of Uganda?
(a) A map
(b) A book
(c) An audio tape
(d) Stories from fellow passengers

13. What does Idi Amin hit when he is driving his car far too quickly on the roads?
(a) Another car
(b) Man
(c) Cow
(d) Pole

14. Amin claims to be the rightful king of _________ when Garrigan hears him on the radio one night.
(a) Uganda
(b) South Africa
(c) Africa
(d) Scotland

15. What kind of car is Major Mabuse driving the day after the two foreigners are killed mysteriously?
(a) Black BMW
(b) Green Porsche
(c) Blue Volkswagen
(d) Red Maserati

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Peter request from Garrigan in order to cover up an affair Peter had with one of Amin's wives?

2. What is NOT one of the things that Amin uses to fund the network he builds in order to stage a coup?

3. Amin also says that Swanepoel is a spy for a ______________ aviation company.

4. What does Amin wear when he says that he has been talking to NASA about being the first black man on the moon?

5. What is the nickname of the student Garrigan meets while riding on the bus to Mbarara?

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