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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 may people did Jonathan give taxi rides for?
(a) 200.
(b) 100.
(c) 20.
(d) 10.

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

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

4. Where did Jonathan wait in line?
(a) At the main gate.
(b) In the government building.
(c) Outisde the camp tent.
(d) Outside the Treasury.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After getting the bicycle back, what did Jonathan do with it?

2. Where did Jonathan go after he had his award payment?

3. Who used Jonathan's taxi service?

4. What did Jonathan find still standing in his neighborhood?

5. To whom were the akara balls sold.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In Paragraph 2, how did Maria get extra food for the family?

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

7. What does Jonathan do after acquiring building materials?

8. What is the general atmosphere after the war?

9. Why does Jonathan again feel so lucky after visiting the closed offices of his employer?

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

(see the answer keys)

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