Read the excerpt from "Civil Peace” by Chinua Achebe.At first he went daily, then every other day and finally once a week, to the offices of the Coal Corporation where he used to be a miner, to find out what was what. The only thing he did find out in the end was that that little house of his was even a greater blessing than he had thought. Some of his fellow ex-miners who had nowhere to return at the end of the day’s waiting just slept outside the doors of the offices and cooked what meal they could scrounge together in Bournvita tins. As the weeks lengthened and still nobody could say what was what Jonathan discontinued his weekly visits altogether and faced his palm-wine bar.
Which line from the text best supports the theme "Hard work pays off in the end”?
Read the excerpt from "Civil Peace” by Chinua Achebe.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.
Read the excerpt from "Civil Peace” by Chinua Achebe."Ah, missisi de cry again. No need for dat. We done talk say we na good tief."
Which sentence from "Civil Peace” contains dialect?
Which of these is a theme statement?
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 message that a text conveys about a topic is called a
Which details should you look for in determining the setting of a story? Check all that apply.the story’s time periodwhere the author livesthe characters’ environmenthow long the story iswhere the story takes place
Read the excerpt from "Civil Peace” by Chinua Achebe."My frien, why you no de talk again. I de ask you say you wan make we call soja?"
Why do interest rates on loans tend to be lower in a weak economy than in a strong one?
Say you are considering two loans. Loan F has a nominal interest rate of 5.66%, compounded monthly. Loan G has a rate of 6.02%, compounded semiannually. Which loan will give the lower effective interest rate, and how much lower will it be?
Melanie is looking for a loan. She is willing to pay no more than an effective rate of 9.955% annually. Which, if any, of the following loans meet Melanie’s criteria? Loan A: 9.265% nominal rate, compounded weeklyLoan B: 9.442% nominal rate, compounded monthlyLoan C: 9.719% nominal rate, compounded quarterly
Joel takes out a loan with a stated rate of 11.85% interest. If the interest is calculated weekly, how much greater is Joel’s effective rate than his stated rate?
When calculating a loan’s effective interest rate, if the nominal rate is 8.5%, what value of i do you plug into your equation?
RJ has two loans. Loan H has a nominal rate of 5.68%, compounded daily. Loan I has a nominal rate of 6.33%, compounded monthly. Which loan's effective rate had the greater increase, relative to its nominal rate, and how much greater is its increase than that of the other loan?
When calculating the effective rate of a loan, which statement or statements must be true if n is greater than 1?I. The length of the loan is greater than a single year.II. The effective rate will exceed the nominal rate.III. The interest will be compounded monthly.
Thomas has a loan with a nominal interest rate of 6.4624% and an effective interest rate of 6.4715%. Which of the following must be true?I. The loan has a duration greater than one year.II. The interest on Thomas’s loan is compounded more than once yearly.III. The economy was strong when Thomas took out the loan.
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