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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Idi Amin sprain when he is thrown from his car while driving too fast on the roads?

2. Stone says that he has orders to tell Garrigan to ____________, not just incapacitate him.

3. Barclay is the _____________ who takes Garrigan to the Ministry of Health for his new position.

4. When Garrigan hears what Amin knows, Amin states that is he is pleased to find his _________ has been accurate.

5. What is hurting when Garrigan goes to the hospital to examine Idi Amin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Stone and Perkins want Garrigan to do in order to control Amin Idi more?

2. What does Idi Amin say to the Queen when she asks him why he came to visit the country?

3. What happens to the driver of the car in which Amin was riding where his life was almost taken?

4. What is the cause of the bleeding nose of Amin's son when he is brought to Garrigan to be cured?

5. What has happened to the water situation in Kampala and to the hospital in particular?

6. What has happened to Amin's bed when Garrigan enters Amin's bedroom during the looting?

7. What do the people in the city begin to do once they realize that the soldiers are not going to stop them?

8. What does Garrigan do in order to aid the escape of Amin during the looting?

9. What does Garrigan find himself charged with once he arrives on the shores of Kenya?

10. When Amin Idi gets married, which ceremony is Garrigan invited to attend?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Within this story is the theme of loss. Garrigan loses much in the first half of the book, which may or may not have led to the rest of his trouble in the second half of the book.

Part 1: How do you think the string of losses for Garrigan will affect him as the book goes on?

Part 2: Do you think losses always have to make a person weaker? Why or why not?

Part 3: Can having many losses in your life make you more vulnerable? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

As is the case with many books, the narrator may or may not be as reliable as the reader wants them to be.

Part 1: Does Garrigan seem to be a reliable narrator? Why or why not?

Part 2: Who might have been a better narrator for this story? Why?

Part 3: In what ways does the narrator affect the story for a reader? How does their version of events affect a story?

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the book, people are asking Garrigan to take Amin's life and assassinate him before he causes more harm to the lands and his people.

Part 1: Why is Garrigan the person to ask in terms of getting up close and personal with Amin?

Part 2: Why do you think that Garrigan doesn't agree to taking Amin's life?

Part 3: Why do you think that Garrigan doesn't say no to taking Amin's life?

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