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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraph 2 (Page 1).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Jonathan's wife's name?
(a) Maria.
(b) Martha.
(c) Marie.
(d) Mary.

2. What is Jonathan's overall attitude or mood in the first paragraph of the story?
(a) Impatience.
(b) Gratitude.
(c) Hopelessness.
(d) Depression.

3. What goes deep to Jonathan's heart?
(a) The survivor's greeting.
(b) The reason for the war.
(c) The end of the war.
(d) The beginning of peace.

4. What happened a year before Jonathan got his bicycle back?
(a) Biafra won the civil war.
(b) The bicycle was taken.
(c) The civil war began.
(d) Biafra surrended to Nigeria.

5. Who owns the old bicycle that Jonathan considers a miracle?
(a) His neighbor.
(b) He does.
(c) The carpenter.
(d) A soldier.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do survivors say as a greeting when they meet other survivors for the first time after the war is over?

2. What in no way compares to the safety of Jonathan's family?

3. Besides fish, what other food item did Maria get from her exchanges with camp officials?

4. What does Jonathan count himself to be?

5. How many human heads are safe in Jonathan's family?

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