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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After a fortnight how much money did Jonathan have from his taxi service?
(a) 250 shillings.
(b) 115 pounds.
(c) 200 pounds.
(d) 25 shillings.

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

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

4. What does Jonathan consider a bonus from the war?
(a) His friends.
(b) His wife.
(c) His old bicycle.
(d) His kids.

5. What did Jonathan find still standing in his neighborhood?
(a) The school.
(b) His church.
(c) His house.
(d) The butcher shop.

6. Jonathan's neighborhood town is called ___ Overside.
(a) Pantu.
(b) Ogui.
(c) Ajoki.
(d) Biafra.

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

8. Why did Jonathan switch his money from his right to his left hand after he left the crowd?
(a) So he could shake hands if necessary.
(b) Someone tried to take it from his right hand.
(c) His left hand was tired.
(d) He is right handed.

9. What distance did Jonathan taxi?
(a) Five miles.
(b) Four miles.
(c) Seven kilometers.
(d) Three kilometers.

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

11. What do survivors say as a greeting when they meet other survivors for the first time after the war is over?
(a) "Glad you made it!"
(b) "We survived!"
(c) "Happy Survival!"
(d) "Good to be alive!"

12. Who hired a carpenter?
(a) The village.
(b) Maria.
(c) The contractor.
(d) Jonathan.

13. What did a man do a couple of days earlier when his payment was stolen?
(a) Collapse.
(b) Run.
(c) Cry.
(d) Scream.

14. What did Jonathan find when he arrived?
(a) A strange sight.
(b) Bodies.
(c) Another miracle.
(d) Fire.

15. What did the man have in his pocket that was big enough to pass a thief's head thorough?
(a) A head wrap.
(b) A wallet.
(c) A rolled up cap.
(d) A hole.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the bicycle for a year?

2. Who had made a small fortune after a fortnight?

3. What kind of house did Jonathan have?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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