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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Idi Amin hit when he is driving his car far too quickly on the roads?

2. Garrigan is miserable at the clinic where he works because everything he sees reminds him of ___________.

3. What is the subject that Weir, Stone, and Perkins bring up with Garrigan?

4. Who tells Garrigan that he/she is restricted by the position of his/her spouse and are bored as a result?

5. Sara tells Garrigan that Israel is always in a ________________ when he tells her what he hears on the radio.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Tanzanian Colonel have to say about the boy soldiers who are fighting?

2. Describe the bothy that is waiting for Garrigan when he finally arrives on the island.

3. What does Garrigan hear happened to the plane that Swanepoel was in?

4. What is the supposed ailment of Amin's daughter who attends a boarding school?

5. When Garrigan meets Swanepoel and hears about the coup, why is Garrigan told not to worry about it?

6. What does Amin announce after the rest of the British (except for Garrigan) are expelled?

7. What is odd about the fact that Garrigan is doing surgery at the hospital in Kampala?

8. What does Idi Amin say to the Queen when she asks him why he came to visit the country?

9. What happens to the driver of the car in which Amin was riding where his life was almost taken?

10. What is the disheartening sight Garrigan can see from the window of his new office in Kampala?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The quest for power leads people to do desperate things. Whether it's for political power or for societal power, people will go to great lengths to get what they want.

Part 1: How do you think Amin defines power in his life? What does he believe will make him powerful?

Part 2: How do you think Garrigan defines power in his life? What does he believe will make him powerful?

Part 3: Why do you think that people will stop at nothing to be powerful? Would you? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

The media begins to call Amin's statements stranger and stranger as they continue to be broadcast on the radio.

Part 1: Why do you think the media is quick to point out the flaws and the 'craziness' in the statements of Amin?

Part 2: Do you think that Amin is truly crazy? Why or why not?

Part 3: In what ways does the media benefit from calling a dictator crazy?

Essay Topic 3

Garrigan's documentation of Amin's life seems to be a bad idea from the start.

Part 1: Why do you think that Garrigan decided to document Amin's life for himself?

Part 2: Why is it important that Garrigan document Amin's life?

Part 3: Is there anyone else who might be better suited to documenting Amin's life? Why or why not?

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