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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 did Jonathan find when he arrived?

2. Where were the mangoes picked from?

3. To whom did Jonathan attribute all understanding of such happenings?

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

5. How much money in Biafran pounds was paid to the carpenter for the repairs?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Jonathan acquire building materials?

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

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

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

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

8. What does the greeting "happy survival" signify?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do faith, miracles, and God have to do with the development of Jonathan's character and the story?

Essay Topic 2

Who brings up the term "civil peace" in the story? What does this mean to that character? What does this mean to Jonathan? to the story?

Essay Topic 3

Several one-dimensional characters are used in Civil Peace: man whose money is stolen, thief leader and his men, the neighbors, the Iwegbu kids. Which ones had the most significant impact on Jonathan? On the story? Support with story details.

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