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CONTEXT QUESTIONS ON FATHERS OF NATIONS BY PAUL B. VITTA

Questions on chapter one
1. Who are the four strangers who checked in at the seamount hotel?
2. What is the meaning of AGDA?
3. Which code did the caller give to open the briefcase?

4. a) Who is Ms. Mekenzie?

b) How did she get her name?

5. what is the name of the book written by Dr. Abiola Afolabi?

6. What did Ms. Mckenzie say to Dr. Afolabi that annoyed him?

7. What is Way Omega?

8. Why are Africa’s heads of state gathered in Banjul?

9. What is Dr. Afolabi’s expectation of the summit?

10. If adopted, which are the things way Omega will do for Africa?

11. Why does Dr. Afolabi say that not all the head of state assembled for the summit are fair
players?

12. Why is hosting heads of state more expensive in Africa than other continents?

13. List the two approaches that security of the heads of states rested on and indicate what each
of them means.

14. What was the remaining Banjul’s duty to extend to each head of state his or her due respect?

b) Which ministries did the above duty fall at the summit?

c) i) What did these ministries do?

ii) Name the parts in C(i) above.

15. Which are the major problems Gambia has in relation to hosting the 49 heads of state?
Explain

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Chapter two
1. What are contents in the briefcase?

2. Why does the caller tell Pastor Chiamaca that he should trust him?

3. a) What did the caller ask Pastor Chiamaka that made a lump of anger rise in his throat?

b) What did he remember later? (Pastor Chiamaka)

Chapter three
1. name the changes professor Kimani advocated for at the University of Nairobi.
2. a) Who is Asiya Omondi?
b) How did she come to Kimani’s life

3. a) Who is Tuni?
b) How did she get the name Tuni?

4. Name the changes that were brought about by the donors.

5. a) Why did the parciament stage a coup according to professor Kimani?
b) List the various coups mentioned in this chapter.
c) List reasons why each group staged coups.
d) Give the similarities between ‘New parliaments’ and the old.

6. State the reasons that make women easy prey from the lessons learnt by Tuni in a seminar
she attended.
7. a) Why did Asiya see professor Kimani differently when she looked at him?
b) i) What advice does Asiya give to Kimani Karanja? Explain your answer.
ii) Who does Asiya compare Kimani with? Explain
iii) Why wouldn’t professor Kimani want to work elsewhere?
c) i) Explain how Tuni loses her life.
ii) Explain the outcome of Tuni’s loss to her parents.
iii) What does Asiya claim to have caused Tuni’s death?
d) i) Why does Kimani visit newborn Walomu’s office?
ii) Give the reason Newborn gave for his intention that led to the above move.
iii) To justify his act, explain the metaphor Newborn used.
iv) Why did Kimani refer to Newborn as a greedy fat baboon?
v) Why do you think Kimani started to throw his fists to Newborn?
8. a) What problems did leaders ate to be present in Africans?

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b) Were the above problems solved? Explain what happened.
c) i) Who is Longway?
ii) Why does he say that a teacher is an activist?
9. a) What is Path Alpha?
b) What is it aimed at?
c) Why was professor Kimani picked as its recruit?
d) What is the profile of a path Alpha traveler?
e) What would be expected of Kimani if he joined Path Alpha?
10. a) What made Kimani reach a breaking point?
b) i) Why did he want to leave teaching at last? Explain the irony in this.
ii) What was he longing for to replace teaching.

Chapter four
1. a) What had Ms. Mckenzie overlooked when she told her boss she would be there in an hour?
b) What was the use of the above mentioned in (a) above?
2. a) Why was Arch Number 22 erected?
3. Give evidence that there is poor leadership.
4. Why does the taxi driver say that he would ask the guards he bribed to arrest him on his way
back?
5. Why was Ms. Mckenzie’s boss pulling her out of her assignment to the summit at the
pinnacle.?
6. Why had the US policy forbidden the voice of America (VOA) to broadcast in America?
7. a) Who is Mr. Robert Manley?
b) Why did he thank VOA and Ms. Mckenzie?
8. a) Why was Ms. Mckenzie chosen to cover summit for the VOA?
b) What kind of VOA back up would Mckenzie expect according to Mr. Manley.
9. a) Why are all broadcasts in code?
b) What are disguisers?
c) What are suspect broad casts?
10. Why did Ms. Mckenzie slap herself?
11. Why had the caller insisted that he should be called “a guide” rather than giving his name?

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12. Why is Africa said to be Africa?

Chapter five
1. a) Why had Dr. Afolabi been invited to Banjul?
b) State his previous invitation.
c) why did Pamela see the invitation by the foundation as god sent?

2. a) Explain the scene that Dr. Afolabi had sworn to himself to never to disclose to his wife
Pamela?
b) i) “I got Baby here from Josh for christmas,” he was telling the girl at the cash register,.....
i) who is the old man being described?
ii) What is his relationship with Dr. Afolabi?
iii) What does this ‘baby’ mentioned above represent?
iv) From the illustrations given, what comes out concerning the old man?
v) Identify and explain any two uses of styles used in this chapter.
vi) How did the girl manage to get rid of the old man?
vii) From whom did the old man get his ‘baby’

c) i) Why did Dr. Afolabi and Pamela travel in different cabins.

ii) Who is Mr. Tad longway?
d) State the law of will?
e) What is the underlying idea of Agency for governance and development in Africa?
f) i) What reasons does Dr. Afolabi give for his support of way Omega?
ii) “You know way Omega won’t fly, don’t you?
a) Who says these words?
b) Why is he certain that way Omega won’t fly?
c) What does he mean by, ‘Way Omega won’t fly?
d) Explain the stylistic device evident in this utterance.
e) Cite the differences Mr. Longway gives between way omega and path alpha.
f) i) Who is Isa?
ii) Why is he in Pamela’s house?
iii) Who allowed a stranger in her bedroom?
iv) Who is (iii) named above to Abiola?
v) Why did he bring a stranger to Pamela’s bedroom?

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 vi) State Dr. Afolabi’s response to the above scenario
vii) Explain the outcome of the above situation.

Chapter six

1. a) What was the most important event on the day the summit began?
b) Who were its principal participants?
c) State the idea behind security clearance.
d) Why couldn’t comrade Melusi be allowed to pass?
e) State the reason behind (d) above.
f) Cite the effects of diabetes according to comrade Mulusi

2. a) Zimbabwe had one urgent order of business still left. Which one is it?
b) Why didn’t people from Zimbabwe eat out anymore?

3. a) What is ‘Gukurahundi?’
b) Explain the stylistic device used in (a) above.

4. a) Who is Ziliza?
b) What happened to her?

5. a) Explain what happened to comrade Melusi’s new business?

b) i) What is Murambats Vina?
ii) What is its real aim?
iii) Explain the irony in (ii) above.
c) i) State the things Mr. Longway did to comrade Melusi.
ii) Why did he do the above?
iii) What two reasons does Mr. Longway give to woo comrade Melusi to join Path Alpha?

Chapter 7
1. a) What did the host think about before the summit opened?
b) Why did he start with the president of Nigeria?
c) State and explain the poles of influence of the political hierarchy.
2. a) What role did Pastor Chiamaka play in the summit?
b) What were the instructions given to him?
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3. a) Why did the host humour South Africa’s president after the Nigerian one?

b) Why is Kenyan president greeted in third position?

4. a) What losses does professor Kimani count?

b) Why had they hardened into a grudge in him?

c) Do you think Kenyan government is to blame for the above losses?

5. a) State the evils committed by Zimbabwe’s fifth brigade.

b) Why was the son of Zimbabwe greeted in foval position?

c) Explain the theme brought out in (a) above.

6. Explain why did the leader of Libya seem to understand the truth behind where everybody else
exercises power within greed rules?

7. Who is Engineery Tahir?

Chapter 8

1. a) Explain how Chineke Chiamaka drove dangerously.

b) Why did everyone hate him?
c) Who is Obinna?
d) Why is he said to be an exception?
e) Where was his office located?
f) Why was Highway 69 route always chocked full on Friday evenings?
g) What is the outcome of Chiamaka’s dangerous driving?
h) Why did motorists never stop at accident scenes on Nigerian Highways?
i) How did he turn to religion?
j) Explain the style in the above scenarios(a-i)

2. a) How did Chiamaka learn to preach?

b) List the places he preached
c) What was his approach to moral correctness?
d) From the sermon, ‘God is watching you’ how can you describe the character of
Chiamaka? Identify and illustrate four character traits.

3. What is result of Chiamaka challenging Nigerian president for writing them.

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Chapter nine

1. a) Who is Engineer Tahir?

b) Why had he left Libya?
c) When did he return to Libya?

2. What did a recent discovery of petroleum reserves had shown Libya?

3. a) “The time he had always dreamed about had finally come. Page 118 explain.
b) Engineer Tahir now hated the man he had one liked”
i) Who is this man referred above?
ii) Why did Engineer Tahir hate him?
c) i) What is “Fist of Allah?”
ii) How did it come to existence.
4. i) Who is Rahmah?
ii) Give the description given about her.
iii) What geared Ms. Mahmoud’s intention to conceal her eagerness to accept Engineer
Tahir’s offer of tomato soup?
iv) What is Tahir’s reaction to the above?
5. i) What is the meaning of ‘Heritage week?
ii) Why did Tahir slap Ms. Mahmoud
iii) Why did she strike back?
iv)What do we learn about Ms. Mahmoud’s character from the above act?
v) Explain the outcome of the above events.
vi) What is the irony behind Engineer Tahir’s action?

Chapter 10

1. what is a node?
2. Why does Nick suspect that there is something ‘fishy’ going on at the summit?
3. i) What is Gps?
ii) List the segments of the Gps.

Chapter 11

1. What was Pastor Chineke’s plan?

2. a) Why was the small dinner cancelled?
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 b) What was to follow the small dinner?
c) Why did Pastor Chiamaka get angry?
d) Why had he found himself in jail?

3. “As professor Kimani brushed his teeth..........His mobile phone interrupted this analysis.
Explain two stylistic devices.

4. a) Who are people present in Room 2059 centre wing?

b) i) What was their key role in the summit?

ii) what are the other reasons as to why they were in room 2059 centre wing?

c) What is the message Dr. Abiola gives the four men above?

5. a) What is the trick?

b) Why do Nations host summit?

Chapter 12

1. what is the task of the Africa’s heads of state?

2. Who invented way omega?
3. a) why did Gambian president not chair the meeting at the summit.
b) To whom did he delegate the above?

4. Why is ‘The African Union’ said to be incompetent?

5. Which are the two special requests Dr. Afolabi had to the chair of the summit?

6. a) Why wasn’t Path Alpha included in summit agenda?

b) Cite the differences between way Omega and path alpha as highlighted Mr. longway

c) Give the reason each speaker said towards advising the heads of state to adopt Path Alpha.

7. a) Why did comrade Melusi turn away from the microphone.

b) What happened to him after the above incident?

8. According to Dr. Afolabi, which differences does he give between way Omega and Alpha.

9. Why was oldier Bangoura seen as a senior?

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10. a) What reasons did president Bangoura give for not having read way Omega and Path
Alpha.

b) Give the two opinions he was from the previous speakers.

11. a) What are the two measures Mr. Chairman proposed in order to relieve tension before they
got into blows.

b) Why had the consensus on way Omega or Path Alpha receded beyond his reach?

Chapter 13

1. “Mother Africa, it’s only a few minutes after sunset, but look at you. You are so dark already
a) Why is mother Africa referred to as the Dark continent.
b) Explain the style used.
c) Who said these words and why?
2. When is ‘The Trick’ said to be confidential?
3. Which method did the method committee choose to help them choose between Way Omega
and Path Alpha?

Chapter 14

1. a) Why was the mood expectant as the summit reconvened the next morning?
b) Why was there fear in them?
c) Why was president Bangoura a wrong choice made?

2. a) What was the equation that was given in the method that the method committee came up
with the choose between Way Omega and Path Alpha?
b) What is the interpretation given when the coin is tossed?
c) What was the outcome of tossing the coin and what did it mean?