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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraph 3 (Page 1).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After the war, how many bicycles does Jonathan's family have?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) None.
(d) One.

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

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

5. How had Jonathan originally planned to use the money needed to buy back the bicycle?
(a) To buy another bicycle.
(b) To buy firewood.
(c) To buy food.
(d) To pay taxes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What condition were the clothes of the person requesting Jonathan's bicycle?

2. What is Jonathan's wife's name?

3. If Jonathan had only made one taxi trip daily for a fortnight how much would he have made with his taxi service in this time?

4. How many taxi trips did Jonathan make in a fortnight?

5. What was peeping from the shoes of the person demanding Jonathan's bicycle?

(see the answer key)

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