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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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

2. What is the nickname of the student Garrigan meets while riding on the bus to Mbarara?
(a) Gugu
(b) Gaga
(c) Bonney
(d) Arton

3. Where does Amin in the picture put his hand on the person that he is about to kill?
(a) His head
(b) His knee
(c) His wrist
(d) His shoulder

4. Garrigan wants to provide an ____________ account of the actions and decisions of Idi Amin.
(a) Honest
(b) Engaging
(c) Eyewitness
(d) Illustrated

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

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

7. Amin threatens a reporter by saying that no one can outrun a ______________.
(a) Dictator
(b) Bullet
(c) Man
(d) Grenade

8. What do Stone and Perkins want Garrigan to do to Amin in order to make him more manageable?
(a) Distract him
(b) Argue with him
(c) Kill him
(d) Dose him

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

10. In which city is Garrigan now stationed after his run in with Idi Amin?
(a) Mbarara
(b) Kampala
(c) Dublin
(d) Nairobi

11. Who is the president that is being overthrown by Major General Idi Amin Dada?
(a) President Swanepoel
(b) President Obote
(c) President Merrit
(d) President Mbarara

12. Who sends Garrigan a note, inviting him to come visit him at his home?
(a) Gaga
(b) Dr. Merrit
(c) Bonney
(d) Grapa

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

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

15. Garrigan observes that the __________ helped him get through some bad times with Idi Amin in the future.
(a) Children
(b) Servants of the house
(c) BBC
(d) Merrits

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is also in attendance with Garrigan when Idi Amin comes to visit?

2. Garrigan's ____________ asked him how he could become so close to a man like Amin.

3. What appears at the center of the pool along with Idi Amin on it?

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

5. Idi Amin actually became the ____________ champion of Uganda, challenging Muhammad Ali to a fight.

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