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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 mismatched item was the person demanding the bicycle wearing?

2. The Iwegbu family house was missing all its doors and ____.

3. What kind of house did Jonathan have?

4. This survivor's greeting is given in the first days of ______ after the war.

5. Who had made a small fortune after a fortnight?

Short Essay Questions

1. What doesJonathan find miraculous upon his return to Enugu?

2. What is the general atmosphere after the war?

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

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

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

6. What has happened to Jonathan's town because of the civil war?

7. How does the Iwegbu family behavior show their ability to adapt and survive?

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

9. Who uses Jonathan's new service?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

What makes this story realistic fiction? Be sure to define realistic fiction and then use story details to demonstrate how Civil Peace is realistic fiction.

Essay Topic 3

Explain how this story deals with the presence of an unstable government and how this affects the people in the story.

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