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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Hezekiah's chief motivation in politics?
(a) Personal gain.
(b) Personal autonomy.
(c) Advancement of an ideology.
(d) Protection of the people.

2. When does Odili plan to see Edna again after his embarrassing accident?
(a) New Year's Day.
(b) Christmas Eve.
(c) Christmas morning.
(d) Her birthday.

3. What does Odili hope to accomplish through his political activities?
(a) To unveil how corrupt Chief Nanga is and prevent his return to the Cabinet.
(b) To win at least great fame for himself, so that he might become powerful.
(c) To win the election by a landslide and be appointed to the Cabinet.
(d) To be named Prime Minister.

4. Where is Edna's mother when Odili first arrives at her house?
(a) The church.
(b) The bedroom.
(c) Bori.
(d) The hospital.

5. Who bars Odili from the school hall in Anata?
(a) The military.
(b) The Nangavanga.
(c) Odo and Josiah.
(d) Principal Nwege.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maxwell see Chief Nanga as an example of?

2. What is the name of Odili's chief bodyguard?

3. Why does Odili praise Edna's beauty and memory in English?

4. Which two men ask Chief Nanga for a copy of his speech?

5. Why does Chief Nanga give the editor rent money in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Odili's concern about the founding of the new political party?

2. What is the confusion about why Couple is put in jail?

3. What significant action does Edna take toward Odili at the end of Chapter 10, and why is it significant?

4. What is suggested by the revelation that a junior member of Parliament is also a founding member of the CPC?

5. What sort of reception does Odili's political campaign receive in Anata?

6. What is the method of problem solving that Odili unconsciously employs while reconsidering his humiliation that occurred at the house of Chief Nanga?

7. What seems to be the likely reason that Edna becomes angry with Odili in Chapter 12?

8. What is the significance of the poem Maxwell wrote seven years ago?

9. Describe the situation with Chief Nanga and the editor of the Daily Matchet, including its significance.

10. What is revealed about Edna's character in the scene on the VIP porch?

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