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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 one of Beatrice's nicknames?
(a) Bea.
(b) Mama B.
(c) Baby.
(d) BB.

2. Who is Lou Cranford?
(a) A student of political science.
(b) An American diplomat.
(c) A reporter with the American United Press.
(d) A girlfriend of the President.

3. Whom does Beatrice sometimes feel like while in bed with Chris?
(a) Queen Elizabeth with her paramour.
(b) Beatrice from Dante's Divine Comedy.
(c) Chielo, the holy priestess and prophetess.
(d) The goddess Idemili.

4. How does Mad Medico address the President?
(a) Uncle John.
(b) Your Excellency.
(c) By his given name, Sam.
(d) Mister President.

5. Where does Ikem meet with the delegation from Abazon in Chapter 9?
(a) At the Presidential Palace.
(b) At his offices in the National Gazette.
(c) At the hotel where they are staying.
(d) At his private home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chris's girlfriend study at the university?

2. What is Mad Medico's job?

3. What is the name of the school attended by the President and Chris Oriko?

4. What advice does old President Ngongo once give to the President?

5. What god does Beatrice worship?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Ikem's opinion of labor leaders?

2. Chris urges Ikem to "lie low." If you were Ikem, what would you do?

3. Why should the President be ashamed, according to Beatrice?

4. Who calls Beatrice with an anonymous tip about Chris, and what is the apparent purpose of the calls?

5. Explain what happens in the parking lot after Ikem meets with the Abazon delegation. What does this incident seem to foreshadow?

6. Why do most well-off city dwellers from Bassa never travel to the north of the country by bus?

7. Who is Idemili and what does the folk tale about her convey about female power?

8. The Abazon elder asks what is most important in a war--the battle-drum, the waging of the war, or the story afterwards. Tell which he thinks is most important, and why. What is the point of his analogy?

9. Describe Mr. So Therefore and how he got his nickname. What seems to be the attitude toward spousal abuse in Kangan?

10. Why is the President so angry with Ikem?

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