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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ikem offer the soldier who stops him for questioning?
(a) Kola nuts.
(b) Palm wine.
(c) A blessing.
(d) A bribe.

2. What does the national newspaper report about Ikem the following day?
(a) He is in favor of killing the President.
(b) He has disappeared.
(c) He will be deported immediately.
(d) He is guilty of the crime of regicide.

3. How does the landscape change as the bus continues on its journey?
(a) It changes from flat plains to rolling hills and valleys.
(b) It changes from rainforest to increasingly dry grassland.
(c) It changes from flat plains to rugged mountains.
(d) It changes from arid desert to lush rainforest.

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

5. Who is Ikem preparing to see in Chapter 10?
(a) Mad Medico.
(b) The President.
(c) Elewa.
(d) Chris.

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

7. What does Ikem say is the title of his speech?
(a) Samson and Jezebel.
(b) Caesar and Brutus.
(c) The Tortoise and the Leopard.
(d) The Elephant and the Mouse.

8. Who comes unexpectedly to see Ikem at his home in Chapter 10?
(a) People from the Abazon delegation.
(b) Taxi drivers.
(c) Members of the Secret Police.
(d) A group of peasants.

9. What ceremony is Beatrice planning to hold in her apartment at the beginning of Chapter 18?
(a) A wedding ceremony for Emmanuel and Adamma.
(b) A funeral ceremony in memory of Chris and Ikem.
(c) A welcoming ceremony for the new government of Kangan.
(d) A naming ceremony for Elewa's baby girl.

10. What do members of the Civil Service Union say about Ikem Osodi?
(a) He is a communist.
(b) He is corrupt.
(c) He is nothing more than ordinary riff-raff.
(d) He is an elitist.

11. According to the poem at the beginning of Chapter 10, what is Africa?
(a) A whipped slave.
(b) An impetuous son.
(c) A back trembling with red scars.
(d) A young tree.

12. What are the rich and powerful like, according to Ikem?
(a) Elephants.
(b) Peacocks.
(c) Roosters.
(d) Lions.

13. What kind of car does Ikem drive?
(a) A Peugeot.
(b) A Datsun.
(c) A Toyota.
(d) A Mercedes.

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

15. What should political leaders NOT do, according to Ikem?
(a) They can do anything they like.
(b) Drive luxury cars or otherwise show off their wealth.
(c) Mingle with the poor or make friends with poor and low-class people.
(d) Pretend to be like the poor by wearing aged jeans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ikem go to make a speech in Chapter 12?

2. What do the visitors say they have heard about Ikem?

3. What does Chris want to do?

4. What do people call the type of bus Chris and his companions take?

5. In which direction is Chris traveling in Chapter 17?

(see the answer keys)

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