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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the bicycle for a year?
(a) At his father in law's house.
(b) In a cemetery.
(c) Under his porch.
(d) In a pawn shop.

2. What do survivors say as a greeting when they meet other survivors for the first time after the war is over?
(a) "Glad you made it!"
(b) "We survived!"
(c) "Good to be alive!"
(d) "Happy Survival!"

3. What had become a "mountain of rubble" two houses down?
(a) The church.
(b) His house.
(c) The school.
(d) A concrete edifice.

4. How did Jonathan accumulate this "pile"?
(a) Pulling firewood.
(b) Transporting food.
(c) Selling palm wine.
(d) Ferrying people.

5. What kind of house did Jonathan have?
(a) A zinc house.
(b) A straw house.
(c) A wooden house.
(d) A concrete house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened a year before Jonathan got his bicycle back?

2. Why did Jonathan switch his money from his right to his left hand after he left the crowd?

3. 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?

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

5. What did Jonathan use as a taxi?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Describe the service Jonathan starts after digging up his bicycle, in Paragraph 3.

9. Why is "egg-rasher" being issued?

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

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