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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. Where did Jonathan go after he had his award payment?
(a) The village.
(b) Home.
(c) The bar.
(d) The camp.

2. How did people feel about paying Jonathan the fare?
(a) Glad.
(b) Resigned.
(c) Angry.
(d) Cheated.

3. What kind of house did Jonathan have?
(a) A straw house.
(b) A concrete house.
(c) A zinc house.
(d) A wooden house.

4. What was inked on the clothing of the person at Jonathan's front door?
(a) Numbers.
(b) A name.
(c) Two stars.
(d) Three circles.

5. What caused the value of the Biafra pound to plummet?
(a) Assassination of the leader of the Republic of Biafra.
(b) It was not explained in the story.
(c) Surrender of the Republic of Biafra.
(d) War was declared on the Republic of Biafra.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Iwegbu family house was missing all its doors and ____.

2. To whom were the akara balls sold.

3. Where did Jonathan collect what he needed to repair his house?

4. To whom were the mangoes sold?

5. Where did Jonathan sell palm wine?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jonathan make money with his new service in paragraph 3?

2. Who uses Jonathan's new service?

3. What does Jonathan do after acquiring building materials?

4. What significance is the Coal Corporation to Jonathan and others?

5. How has the value of the Biafran pound changed from Paragraph 2 to Paragraph 3?

6. What is the general atmosphere after the war?

7. Why do the customers use Jonathan's service?

8. What does Jonathan's home mean to him and his family?

9. What has Jonathan survived and how does he feel about it?

10. What could Jonathan's home and the destroyed concrete edifice symbolize about how the civil war impacted Nigeria and Biafra?

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