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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. How many human heads are safe in Jonathan's family?

2. Why did Jonathan doubt the person requesting to use his bicycle?

3. Before the way, how many Biafra pounds would it have taken to purchase a load of firewood?

4. Who hired a carpenter?

5. What is this lead character's last name?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is "egg-rasher?"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why do the customers use Jonathan's service?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What makes this story realistic fiction? Be sure to define realistic fiction and then use story details to demonstrate how Civil Peace is realistic fiction.

Essay Topic 2

Jonathan's greatest miracle is his family's survival of the civil war. He holds them most dear, above even his buried bicycle and his still standing home. How does his behavior during the conflict with the thieves and immediately after the conflict support or reinforce his high value of his family.

Essay Topic 3

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

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