Question 24 • CA-Common Core English Language Arts 11 B
Read the excerpt from "Civil Peace" by Chinua Achebe.His children picked mangoes near the military cemetery and sold them to soldiers’ wives for a few pennies—real pennies this time—and his wife started making breakfast akara balls for neighbours in a hurry to start life again. With his family earnings he took his bicycle to the villages around and bought fresh palmwine which he mixed generously in his rooms with the water which had recently started running again in the public tap down the road, and opened up a bar for soldiers and other lucky people with good money.
Answer
A
A man can make more money with the help of his family.
B
Each villager has different needs during times of war.
C
Successful people are always creative and hardworking.
D
You can find opportunities for success even in bleak times.
Explanation
The passage shows the family finding several ways to earn money despite the hardships of the postwar period: the children sell mangoes, the wife makes akara, and the father sells palmwine. Their resourcefulness turns limited opportunities into a livelihood. This supports the idea that people can find opportunities for success even in bleak times, choice D.
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