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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who offers Garrigan a room, though Garrigan can tell this is not a very energetic offer?
(a) Weir
(b) Amin
(c) Gugu
(d) Paterson

2. The chapter opens with a _______________ where everything becomes Amin.
(a) Battle
(b) Storybook
(c) Struggle in the bedroom
(d) Recurring dream

3. What happens to Garrigan once he emerges from his hiding place after the van incident?
(a) He passes out from exhaustion
(b) He sees Sara
(c) He falls into the river
(d) A snake bites him

4. Where is Garrigan sent after his run in with the soldiers and after he is accused of certain travesties?
(a) England
(b) Uganda
(c) Nairobi
(d) Spain

5. When Amin does not arrive, Garrigan realizes he cannot stay at the ___________, but he doesn't know where else to go.
(a) Hospital
(b) Bungalow
(c) State House
(d) Clinic

6. For good measure, the Israelis blow up a fleet of __________ that Amin keeps at the airport.
(a) MIG jets
(b) Unmarked cars
(c) Helicopters
(d) Boats

7. After speaking with Amin, Garrigan thinks that he really must fasten the _____________ around the door again.
(a) Ivy
(b) Honeysuckle
(c) Heavy lock
(d) Bars

8. Garrigan comes to the town, determined not to lose ____________ as he has lost so many others.
(a) Nestor
(b) Himself
(c) Sara
(d) Gugu

9. What does Amin tell Garrigan to do after Garrigan asks about the stuffed animal head?
(a) Hide during the daytime
(b) Be honest with him
(c) Leave the country
(d) Be more careful

10. The person who is torn limb from limb, literally, was a supporter of which group?
(a) The Israeli
(b) Amin's
(c) The Zionists'
(d) The Tanzanian's

11. When Garrigan asks Amin about the stuffed animal head, Amin replies that _________ are exploding all the time these days and no one knows why.
(a) Blacks
(b) Pilots
(c) Whites
(d) Traitors

12. How many journalists show up to question Garrigan after his adventures with Amin?
(a) Ten
(b) One hundred
(c) Three
(d) None

13. Amin says that the ___________ has been destroyed, but this is not the case and it amuses the staff at this place.
(a) Water treatment center
(b) Zoo
(c) Hospital
(d) Palace

14. What does the back of the book Garrigan's dad is reading say? "The road ______, the destination obscure."
(a) Dusty
(b) Gone
(c) Dark
(d) Tangled

15. What does Garrigan realize about Gugu when he finds him in the center of town?
(a) He is dead
(b) He is beating others
(c) He is being beaten
(d) He is crying

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Garrigan charged with when he is captured by the group of men at the dock?

2. Garrigan is tempted to run away rather than go through the ____________.

3. For whom does Idi Amin express affection after his declaration of disbanding a spy ring?

4. What is the name given to the kid soldiers who are not in Mbarara and fighting with others in town?

5. Who has told Amin of the plot being devised against him to assassinate him by drugging?

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