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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What condition were the clothes of the person requesting Jonathan's bicycle?
(a) New.
(b) Overly large.
(c) Too tight.
(d) In rags.

2. What was peeping from the shoes of the person demanding Jonathan's bicycle?
(a) A pound note.
(b) A knife tip.
(c) Toes.
(d) Socks.

3. Where did Jonathan wait in line?
(a) At the main gate.
(b) Outisde the camp tent.
(c) Outside the Treasury.
(d) In the government building.

4. What is this lead character's last name?
(a) Iwegbu.
(b) Enugu.
(c) Biafra.
(d) Baka.

5. What was Jonathan's house made of?
(a) Mud bricks.
(b) Straw.
(c) Sheet metal.
(d) Bamboo.

6. Besides fish, what other food item did Maria get from her exchanges with camp officials?
(a) More meat.
(b) Fruit.
(c) Flour.
(d) Corn meal.

7. Who made and sold akara balls?
(a) The camp cook.
(b) The children.
(c) Jonathan.
(d) Maria.

8. What in no way compares to the safety of Jonathan's family?
(a) Money.
(b) A bicycle.
(c) A house.
(d) A picture.

9. What did Jonathan mix with his palm wine?
(a) Fruit.
(b) Honey.
(c) Sugar.
(d) Water.

10. How may people did Jonathan give taxi rides for?
(a) 20.
(b) 100.
(c) 10.
(d) 200.

11. How did Jonathan accumulate this "pile"?
(a) Transporting food.
(b) Ferrying people.
(c) Selling palm wine.
(d) Pulling firewood.

12. In Paragraph 2 of the story we find the history of what object?
(a) Jonathan's bicycle.
(b) The civil war.
(c) The Iwegbu home.
(d) The Iwegbu youngest son.

13. Who used Jonathan's taxi service?
(a) Visitors.
(b) Camp officials.
(c) Neighbors.
(d) Soldiers.

14. How many years of civil war did Jonathan and his family survive?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Four.

15. What amount was taken from the amn?
(a) 20 pounds.
(b) 15 pounds.
(c) 30 pounds.
(d) 50 pounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jonathan consider a bonus from the war?

2. Where did Jonathan's taxi go?

3. What is the equivalent Nigerian currency amount for the Boafran pounds paid to the carpenter?

4. To whom did Jonathan attribute all understanding of such happenings?

5. How many days did Jonathan stand in line for the "windfall?"

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