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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) 78 shillings.
(b) 84 pounds.
(c) 96 pounds.
(d) 136 shillings.

2. What did Jonathan charge per taxi trip?
(a) 15 shillings.
(b) 20 pounds.
(c) 6 pounds.
(d) 10 shillings.

3. Before the way, how many Biafra pounds would it have taken to purchase a load of firewood?
(a) Five.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Ten.

4. To whom did Jonathan attribute all understanding of such happenings?
(a) No one.
(b) Nigerian president.
(c) His wife.
(d) God.

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

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

7. Who had made a small fortune after a fortnight?
(a) Maria.
(b) Jonathan.
(c) The carpenter.
(d) The eldest son.

8. 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.

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

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

11. How many trips per day, on average, did Jonathan make in his taxi?
(a) About one every other day.
(b) About one per day.
(c) About three per day.
(d) About two per day.

12. What is the equivalent Nigerian currency amount for the Boafran pounds paid to the carpenter?
(a) 5 shillings.
(b) 10 shillings.
(c) 50 shillings.
(d) 25 shillings.

13. Where did Jonathan travel to in Paragraph 4?
(a) Ogunlandu.
(b) Mawbi.
(c) Chukwama.
(d) Enugu.

14. How many days did Jonathan stand in line for the "windfall?"
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) one.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Jonathan use as a taxi?

2. What did Maria sell to camp officials for extra food?

3. What is Jonathan's overall attitude or mood in the first paragraph of the story?

4. What kind of house did Jonathan have?

5. What happened a year before Jonathan got his bicycle back?

(see the answer keys)

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