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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How many children did Jonathan have before the war?
(a) Four.
(b) Six.
(c) Three.
(d) Seven.
2. If Jonathan had only made one taxi trip daily for a fortnight how much would he have made with his taxi service in this time?
(a) 78 shillings.
(b) 96 pounds.
(c) 136 shillings.
(d) 84 pounds.
3. Where did Jonathan wait in line?
(a) In the government building.
(b) Outisde the camp tent.
(c) Outside the Treasury.
(d) At the main gate.
4. What did a man do a couple of days earlier when his payment was stolen?
(a) Collapse.
(b) Scream.
(c) Run.
(d) Cry.
5. What were the mangoes sold for?
(a) A pound.
(b) A shilling.
(c) Two shillings.
(d) A few pennies.
6. Where did Jonathan go daily to see "what was what?"
(a) The Treasury.
(b) The village meeting spot.
(c) The Coal Corporation offices.
(d) The local bar.
7. What was Jonathan's occupation before the civil war?
(a) Taxi Service.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Construction.
(d) Mining.
8. What was Jonathan's house made of?
(a) Sheet metal.
(b) Straw.
(c) Mud bricks.
(d) Bamboo.
9. Where did Jonathan's taxi go?
(a) The nearest tarred road.
(b) The harbor.
(c) The town market.
(d) The closest village.
10. How many years of civil war did Jonathan and his family survive?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) One.
11. Who had built what had now become a "mountain of rubble?
(a) The Biafran government.
(b) A wealthy contractor.
(c) The Nigerian government.
(d) His employer.
12. After getting the bicycle back, what did Jonathan do with it?
(a) Bury it.
(b) Sell it.
(c) Give it to his son.
(d) Hide it at his neighbor's house.
13. What kind of house did Jonathan have?
(a) A concrete house.
(b) A wooden house.
(c) A zinc house.
(d) A straw house.
14. What caused the value of the Biafra pound to plummet?
(a) Assassination of the leader of the Republic of Biafra.
(b) It was not explained in the story.
(c) War was declared on the Republic of Biafra.
(d) Surrender of the Republic of Biafra.
15. To whom did Jonathan attribute all understanding of such happenings?
(a) Nigerian president.
(b) God.
(c) No one.
(d) His wife.
Short Answer Questions
1. What do survivors say as a greeting when they meet other survivors for the first time after the war is over?
2. Who hired a carpenter?
3. To whom were the mangoes sold?
4. During the war, who requested Jonathan's bicycle for "urgent" action?
5. How did people feel about paying Jonathan the fare?
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