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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. What is Jonathan's wife's name?
(a) Maria.
(b) Marie.
(c) Martha.
(d) Mary.

2. What did Jonathan find still standing in his neighborhood?
(a) His house.
(b) The butcher shop.
(c) His church.
(d) The school.

3. Who from Jonathan's family was near the bicycle for the year?
(a) The oldest son.
(b) Maria.
(c) Jonathan.
(d) The youngest son.

4. What did Jonathan charge per taxi trip?
(a) 15 shillings.
(b) 10 shillings.
(c) 20 pounds.
(d) 6 pounds.

5. What condition were the clothes of the person requesting Jonathan's bicycle?
(a) In rags.
(b) Overly large.
(c) Too tight.
(d) New.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Jonathan find when he arrived?

2. What goes deep to Jonathan's heart?

3. Besides fish, what other food item did Maria get from her exchanges with camp officials?

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

5. What is Jonathan's overall attitude or mood in the first paragraph of the story?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who uses Jonathan's new service?

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

7. How has the value of the Biafran pound changed from Paragraph 2 to Paragraph 3?

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

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

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

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