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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What distance did Jonathan taxi?

2. How had Jonathan originally planned to use the money needed to buy back the bicycle?

3. What did Jonathan find when he arrived?

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

5. Where was the bicycle for a year?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Iwegbu family behavior show their ability to adapt and survive?

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

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

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

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

6. How has the value of the Biafran pound changed from Paragraph 2 to Paragraph 3?

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

8. What is the general atmosphere after the war?

9. How does Jonathan acquire building materials?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Maria is Jonathan's wife. How would the story be affected if Maria's character were not in the story?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the symbolism of the Iwegbu home in Enugu, the Coal Corporation office, and the bicycle.

Essay Topic 3

Of all of Jonathan's entrepreneurial pursuits which one do you feel was the most resourceful and successful? Why?

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