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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When Garrigan is walking through the town, he notices Marina Perkins in a bar with ______________.
(a) Idi Amin
(b) Her husband
(c) Swanepoel
(d) Nigel Stone

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

5. Who does Nigel Stone say is a ceremonial official and not Stone's boss?
(a) Perkins
(b) Colonel Mugabe
(c) Peter Weir
(d) Idi Amin

6. What does Stone show Garrigan in order to encourage him to try to kill Amin before he gets out of control?
(a) Photos of executions
(b) The secret prisons
(c) A video
(d) Logs of killings

7. Idi Amin actually became the ____________ champion of Uganda, challenging Muhammad Ali to a fight.
(a) Kickboxing
(b) Wrestling
(c) Dancing
(d) Boxing

8. What is the subject that Weir, Stone, and Perkins bring up with Garrigan?
(a) Plants
(b) Lorries
(c) Bombings
(d) Lunch

9. What does Amin think is wrong with Garrigan when he returns in a daze?
(a) He is in love
(b) He is a spy
(c) He is ill
(d) He is a traitor

10. Who is NOT a part of the dinner at the Merrits' at the start of Chapter 11 in the book?
(a) Dr. Dawson
(b) Ivor
(c) Garrigan
(d) Sara

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

12. What does Marina offer to bring on the boat trip with Garrigan, when she is invited?
(a) Sunscreen
(b) Picnic
(c) Boat
(d) Life jackets

13. Sara tells Garrigan that Israel is always in a ________________ when he tells her what he hears on the radio.
(a) State of peace
(b) State of emergency
(c) State of poverty
(d) State of dictatorship

14. Where does Garrigan decide to write his memoir after his adventures with Idi Amin?
(a) France
(b) Spain
(c) Scotland
(d) Kenya

15. 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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Merrit reveal to Garrigan as the reason why Dr. Merrit will not go back to England?

2. What are all of the waiters crowding around when Garrigan is up having breakfast the next day?

3. In June, two ______________ disappear after asking questions about the soldiers and the killings.

4. Most of the ailments that Garrigan treats at the hospital involve some sort of _____________.

5. Who summons Garrigan again, and Garrigan knows that he will be training Amin once more?

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