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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which best describes Elewa's personality?
(a) She angers easily but cools off just as quickly.
(b) She is slow to get angry but then holds a grudge for a long time.
(c) She rarely ever gets angry, so it is shocking when she does.
(d) She is constantly angry or in a bad mood.

2. What does Chris do that angers Ikem in Chapter 3?
(a) Forbids him to write a story about the delegation.
(b) Hangs up the phone on him.
(c) Shouts at him in front of the Council.
(d) Tells a lie about him to the President.

3. What is the job of Mad Medico's English friend, Dick?
(a) A specialist in African diseases.
(b) A political economist.
(c) Poetry magazine editor.
(d) Journalist for the London Times.

4. What is the name of the school attended by the President and Chris Oriko?
(a) Queen Mary College.
(b) Lord Lugard College.
(c) The Royal Academy of Kangan.
(d) The Boys' Finishing School in Bassa.

5. How do Chris Oriko and the President first meet?
(a) They met at university in England.
(b) They grew up in the same small village.
(c) They were in the military together.
(d) They were schoolmates at the age of 13 or 14.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the President warned may be plotting against him?

2. Which best describes Ikem's apparent attitude toward women, as explained by Chris in Chapter 5?

3. In Chapter 4, the reader first learns the name of the fictional African country in which this novel is set. What is it?

4. What is the SRC?

5. What does Sam originally want to become, before he is steered into a military career?

(see the answer key)

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