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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 does Jonathan count himself to be?

2. What did Jonathan charge per taxi trip?

3. What were the mangoes sold for?

4. What did Jonathan find when he arrived?

5. Where did Jonathan collect what he needed to repair his house?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jonathan's greatest miracle is his family's survival of the civil war. He holds them most dear, above even his buried bicycle and his still standing home. How does his behavior during the conflict with the thieves and immediately after the conflict support or reinforce his high value of his family.

Essay Topic 2

Jonathan's neighbors do not come to his aid against the thieves in the pre-dawn hours yet they are at his home at first light, watching. Why is Jonathan so accepting of his neighbors not coming to help against the thieves? What do his neighbors find him doing?

Essay Topic 3

What is a protagonist? What makes Jonathan the protagonist of this story? Cite details from the story to support responses.

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