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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. After the thief leader's suggestion Jonathan thought he heard more ____.

2. The thief asks Jonathan, what we gonna do "____."

3. How much money does Jonathan say that he has?

4. Who helped the thief do what he offered?

5. What money does Jonathan offer to the thief instead of the demanded amount?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens once the Iwegbu family knows who is at their door?

2. Who do the thieves call to help the family?

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

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

5. Why does Jonathan refuse the leader thief's mocking offer?

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

7. What do the thieves ask for, and what do they say they will do if they don't get it?

8. What does the thief think civil peace is?

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

10. How do you know about what time it is when Jonathan falls asleep?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Achebe fictionalized what happened in civil war torn Nigeria after the late 1960s. He has posited that it is the African writer's duty to accurately tell the stories of his people. How is this belief reflected in Civil Peace?

Essay Topic 3

Jonathan kept his money in the house in a strong box. How does this help the thief? How does this help Jonathan and his family? If the money had been in a bank, how would this have affected the story?

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