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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. Who picked mangoes?

2. What did the people call the award or payment?

3. Where did Jonathan put his money as soon as his hand closed around it?

4. How many of Jonathan's children died before the war ended?

5. How may people did Jonathan give taxi rides for?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Besides his thankfulness of his present survival, how does Jonathan feel about the future for him and his family?

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

4. What is "egg-rasher?"

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

6. Who uses Jonathan's new service?

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

8. What is the general atmosphere after the war?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Achebe presents several themes in this story. How does the Iwegbu family embody each of these specific themes: survival, family cohesiveness, and resourcefulness?

Essay Topic 2

What is a protagonist? What makes Jonathan the protagonist of this story? Cite details from the story to support responses.

Essay Topic 3

How do the words and character actions in the last two paragraphs of this story embody the overall theme of survival of not just Jonathan and his family, but his neighbors?

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