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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. What is Jonathan's overall attitude or mood in the first paragraph of the story?
(a) Depression.
(b) Hopelessness.
(c) Gratitude.
(d) Impatience.

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

3. How many children does Jonathan have after the war?
(a) Six.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

4. What did Jonathan do before he looked again at the "unbelievable?"
(a) Pray.
(b) Rub his eyes.
(c) Close his eyes.
(d) Laugh.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Jonathan accumulate this "pile"?

2. What do survivors say as a greeting when they meet other survivors for the first time after the war is over?

3. What was peeping from the shoes of the person demanding Jonathan's bicycle?

4. What did Jonathan turn in to be able to get this award payment.

5. Who from Jonathan's family was near the bicycle for the year?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What significance is the Coal Corporation to Jonathan and others?

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

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

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

6. How does Jonathan acquire building materials?

7. Is Jonathan's bicycle important to him? Why or why not?

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

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

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

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