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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the delegation from Abazon say they want?
(a) To demand that the president step down.
(b) To demand that the president hold elections.
(c) To protest the local government's lack of action.
(d) To declare loyalty to the president and ask for help.

2. Which major character is from Abazon?
(a) Chris Oriko.
(b) The President himself.
(c) Ikem Osodi.
(d) Professor Okong.

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

4. In the hymn composed by Ikem, who is found dead in the marketplace?
(a) A prostitute.
(b) A fortune teller.
(c) A madman.
(d) All the villagers.

5. What is the crime of Dr. Ofe, the target of another of Ikem's editorial crusades?
(a) He wrote insane graffiti terrorizing people in a hospital.
(b) He refused medical treatment to a man who could not pay, and the man died.
(c) He injected a patient with an overdose of morphine, and the man died.
(d) He gave the family of a dead patient money to sue the hospital where he worked.

Short Answer Questions

1. In their conversation near the end of Chapter 8, what does Beatrice urge Chris to do?

2. What does Chris say the modern leaders of Africa must be like in order to build up their nations?

3. What does Beatrice criticize about Ikem's philosophy?

4. What do the anthills tell the grass of the savannah?

5. What does Chris say about Ikem's crusading editorials?

(see the answer key)

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