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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. Who was sweating over an open fire?

2. What sounded like it might have fallen after the second knock?

3. At first, how does Jonathan respond to the thief leader's suggestion to call someone else for help?

4. Who asked Jonathan, "who is knocking?"

5. Jonathan's voice was parched and ____.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jonathan offer the thief and how does the thief leader and his men respond?

2. What causes Jonathan to wake so suddenly?

3. Who is awake with Jonathan?

4. How does the thieves' leader describe his and his men's intentions?

5. What does Jonathan do or say to convince the thief he does not have the amount of the requested ransom?

6. Why is the Iwegbu family already in a normal routine instead of lamenting their loss?

7. How does the leader of the theives exercise his authority with his men?

8. Why do the men with the thief leader disagree with him?

9. After calling for the police, how does the thief continue to mock Jonathan?

10. What is significant about Jonathan's eldest being up and about at first light?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

What is "egg-rasher?" What does it signify to those receiving it? to Jonathan? to the government issuing it?

Essay Topic 3

Jonathan sees his ex-miner co-workers outside the closed Coal Corporation offices and feels he has yet another miracle. What is the miracle and why does he feel it is a miracle?

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