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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following best describes Ikem's speeches?
(a) They can be shocking and even offensive to their listeners.
(b) They are serious speeches with little or no humor.
(c) They make listeners feel good about themselves and their land.
(d) They are not typically controversial.

2. What does Elewa say about Ikem's car?
(a) It is dangerous to drive.
(b) It makes her ashamed.
(c) It isn't flashy, but it's dependable.
(d) She is proud to be seen in it.

3. To what does Chris compare himself, Ikem, and the President?
(a) Three green saplings about to be chopped for firewood.
(b) Three green bottles on a shelf.
(c) Three green peacocks strutting proudly.
(d) Three green beetles singing.

4. How does Chris die?
(a) He dies of a combination of shock and heatstroke after learning of the coup.
(b) An old man identifies him as the Commissioner for Information, and he is shot by police for the reward.
(c) He stumbles in the road and is hit by a bus.
(d) He is shot while saving a girl from being raped by a police officer.

5. What is revealed about Elewa in Chapter 13?
(a) She wrote the letter incriminating Ikem.
(b) She is pregnant with Ikem's baby.
(c) She also participated in the plot to overthrow the President.
(d) She is actually a spy for the secret police.

6. According to Ikem, who poses a threat to leadership?
(a) Students.
(b) Women.
(c) Storytellers.
(d) The poor and dispossessed.

7. In what has Ikem lost his faith?
(a) The art of journalism.
(b) Public affairs.
(c) The monarchy.
(d) Communism.

8. At the beginning of Chapter 16, where is Chris planning to travel?
(a) To the province of Abazon.
(b) To London.
(c) To the sea coast in the west, where he can catch a boat to America.
(d) To guerrilla camps in the mountains.

9. What happens to Ikem Osodi?
(a) He is tortured and killed by government agents.
(b) He is shot by the secret police.
(c) He is publicly executed.
(d) He commits suicide.

10. According to Ikem, what do all poor people seem to want from their leaders?
(a) They want their leaders to be humble like them.
(b) They want handouts from their leaders.
(c) They want their leaders to live in luxury.
(d) They want their leaders to leave them alone.

11. What is Ikem's mood at the beginning of Chapter 11?
(a) He is nervous, but hopeful.
(b) He is terrified.
(c) He is exhilarated.
(d) He is exhausted.

12. What is Ikem's opinion of worker leaders and students?
(a) They hold no power.
(b) They represent the good of the common people.
(c) They are corrupt.
(d) They are "ordinary riff-raffs."

13. What will Africa eventually have, according to the poem at the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) Pride.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Power.
(d) Liberty.

14. Who does Ikem liken himself to at the beginning of Chapter 11?
(a) A poet.
(b) A laborer.
(c) An explorer.
(d) A beaten-down slave.

15. What does Chris realize at the end of Chapter 15?
(a) It is not easy for a rich man to pretend he is poor.
(b) He is braver than he ever thought possible.
(c) The poor are actually much happier than the rich.
(d) He learned nothing of value in college.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people are present to hear the speech?

2. According to the National Gazette, Chris is spotted wearing what disguise?

3. What is the job of Ikem's prospective mother-in-law (Elewa's mother)?

4. Who is Emmanuel?

5. What message does Beatrice receive from an anonymous caller at the beginning of Chapter 14?

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