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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 kind of house did Jonathan have?

2. How many inestimable blessings does Jonathan come out of the war with?

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

4. Who used Jonathan's taxi service?

5. What did a man do a couple of days earlier when his payment was stolen?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Who uses Jonathan's new service?

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

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

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

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

Based on the exchange of Biafran and Nigerian pounds in the story, discuss how the civil war affected both currencies and how this affected Jonathan and the other civil war survivors.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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