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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. How many taxi trips did Jonathan make in a fortnight?
(a) 15.
(b) About 19.
(c) About 12.
(d) 21.

2. How did Maria and the children feel when they moved back into the family house?
(a) Worried.
(b) Hesitant.
(c) Overjoyed.
(d) Somber.

3. What did Jonathan's bicycle need when he got it back?
(a) Handlebar repairs.
(b) New wheels.
(c) New chain.
(d) Palm grease.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had built what had now become a "mountain of rubble?

2. Who used Jonathan's taxi service?

3. To whom did Jonathan sell palm wine?

4. After a fortnight how much money did Jonathan have from his taxi service?

5. Before the way, how many Biafra pounds would it have taken to purchase a load of firewood?

Short Essay Questions

1. What doesJonathan find miraculous upon his return to Enugu?

2. Where did the money that Jonathan used to bribe the soldier come from?

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

4. Why is "egg-rasher" being issued?

5. Why was Jonathan suspicious of the soldier that commanded use of his bicycle?

6. Describe the service Jonathan starts after digging up his bicycle, in Paragraph 3.

7. What has happened to Jonathan's town because of the civil war?

8. Who survives with Jonathan and what does he consider this to be?

9. How do the Iwegbu family make money after moving back home?

10. What does Jonathan realize after the soldier tries to commandeer his bicycle?

(see the answer keys)

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