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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 long is a fortnight?
(a) 21 days.
(b) 14 days.
(c) 3 weeks.
(d) 10 days.

2. Where did Jonathan go daily to see "what was what?"
(a) The local bar.
(b) The Coal Corporation offices.
(c) The Treasury.
(d) The village meeting spot.

3. How many years of civil war did Jonathan and his family survive?
(a) One.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

4. What did Maria sell to camp officials for extra food?
(a) Breakfast foods.
(b) Firewood.
(c) Shells.
(d) Homemade blankets.

5. Who used Jonathan's taxi service?
(a) Camp officials.
(b) Visitors.
(c) Neighbors.
(d) Soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How may people did Jonathan give taxi rides for?

2. How many of Jonathan's children died before the war ended?

3. How did Maria and the children feel when they moved back into the family house?

4. Who hired a carpenter?

5. The tools used to repair the Iwegbu house were a blunt plan, a hammer and bent ___ nails.

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jonathan make money with his new service in paragraph 3?

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

3. Why did Jonathan bribe the soldier at his door?

4. How does Jonathan behave after receiving his "egg-rasher?"

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

6. How does Jonathan acquire building materials?

7. What has Jonathan survived and how does he feel about it?

8. Would Jonathan be considered an entrepreneur? Why or why not?

9. What could Jonathan's home and the destroyed concrete edifice symbolize about how the civil war impacted Nigeria and Biafra?

10. How did Jonathan almost lose his bicycle during the war and what did he do to keep it safe?

(see the answer keys)

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