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Historical and Cultural Context in “Civil Peace” Answers

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Which line from the text best supports the theme "Hard work pays off in the end”?

A
When he dug it up again a year later after the surrender all it needed was a little palm-oil greasing.
B
At the end of a fortnight he had made a small fortune of one hundred and fifteen pounds.
C
That must have been the last thought in Jonathan’s mind before he was finally carried away himself.
D
He couldn’t have been gone for long, though, when he was violently awakened again.
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Read the excerpt from "Civil Peace" by Chinua Achebe.Jonathan Iwegbu counted himself extraordinarily lucky. "Happy survival!” meant so much more to him than just a current fashion of greeting old friends in the first hazy days of peace. It went deep to his heart. He had come out of the war with five inestimable blessings—his head, his wife Maria’s head and the heads of three out of their four children. As a bonus he also had his old bicycle—a miracle too but naturally not to be compared to the safety of five human heads.

A
The story takes place right before a war.
B
The story takes place in the middle of a war.
C
The story takes place right after a war.
D
The story takes place years before the start of a war.
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Read the excerpt from "Civil Peace” by Chinua Achebe.As soon as the pound notes were placed in his palm Jonathan simply closed it tight over them and buried fist and money inside his trouser pocket. He had to be extra careful because he had seen a man a couple of days earlier collapse into near-madness in an instant before that oceanic crowd because no sooner had he got his twenty pounds than some heartless ruffian picked it off him.

A
He decides to spend the money quickly so he does not lose it on the way back home.
B
He is cautious with the money because people got robbed more often after the war.
C
He decides to give his money away to the man who lost his because he feels bad for him.
D
He is proud of having more money and lets other people know about it on his way home.

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