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Which of these is a theme statement?

A
The story had an impact on many readers.
B
A group of friends achieves success in the city.
C
Hard work and perseverance pays off in the end.
D
A woman and her children move to a new town.
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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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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.

A
A family has survived the war intact.
B
Luck will guide you to a happy ending.
C
A bicycle should be considered a miracle.
D
Family is the most important thing in life.
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Read the excerpt from "Civil Peace” by Chinua Achebe."Na tief-man and him people," came the cool reply. "Make you hopen de door."

A
“The thief and his people,” came the cool reply. “Open the door.”
B
“The thief’s man and his friends,” came the cool reply. “He opened the door.”
C
“The thief and his people,” came the cool reply. “They opened the door.”
D
“The thief’s friends,” came the cool reply. “We opened the door.”
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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?"

A
“My friend, why are you not speaking up? I wanted to know if you would call the soldier for us.”
B
“My friend, can you repeat what you said? I asked you if you wanted me to call the soldier?”
C
“My friend, why are you not talking? I asked you if you wanted us to call the soldier.”
D
“My friend, why are you not talking? I wanted to know if you would call the soldier for us.”
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Why might an author include dialect in a story? Check all that apply.to allude to a character’s regional backgroundto describe what a particular setting looks liketo add to the cultural context of a story’s settingto allude to a character’s social backgroundto create a more genuine dialogue between characters

A
to allude to a character’s regional background
B
to describe what a particular setting looks like
C
to add to the cultural context of a story’s setting
D
to allude to a character’s social background
E
to create a more genuine dialogue between characters
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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
Money should be hidden in one’s pocket.
B
Sometimes a blessing can be a burden.
C
A thief stole a man’s much-needed money.
D
Crowds of people can never be trusted.
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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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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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Which sentence from "Civil Peace” contains dialect?

A
“Who is knocking?” he asked then, his voice parched and trembling.
B
“I am a poor man. Everything I had went with this war.”
C
“Lookia my frien, no be play we come play for your house.”
D
“Or is it greater than other things that went with the war?”
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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."

A
“Ah, I hear you crying again. You shouldn’t do that. We will make the thieves go away.”
B
“Ah, your wife is crying again. There is no need for that. We said we were good thieves.”
C
“Ah, your kids are crying again. There is no need for that. We will make the thieves go away.”
D
“Ah, your wife is crying again. We will call the other thieves over here if she doesn’t stop.”
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Which sentence most closely matches the theme about optimism conveyed in this passage?

A
Optimism does not lessen the pain of misfortune.
B
Optimism allows for happiness even in bleak circumstances.
C
Optimism is vital to one’s survival in times of war.
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An informal variation on language is called

A
character.
B
setting.
C
theme.
D
dialect.
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Read the excerpt from "Civil Peace” by Chinua Achebe."OK. Time de go. Make you open dis window and bring the twenty pound. We go manage am like dat."

A
“Time for you to leave. Make this window open up or give me the money. We will manage it after.”
B
“It’s time to go. Open up the window and throw the money out. We will spend it all later.”
C
“Time to go. Open this window and put the money outside. We will spend it all later.”
D
“It’s time to go. Open this window and bring the money or else. We’re done playing around.”
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Read the excerpt from "Civil Peace” by Chinua Achebe.Of course the doors and windows were missing and five sheets off the roof. But what was that? And anyhow he had returned to Enugu early enough to pick up bits of old zinc and wood and soggy sheets of cardboard lying around the neighbourhood before thousands more came out of their forest holes looking for the same things.

A
Jonathan returns to Enugu to help the thousands of other people clean up the war-torn area.
B
Jonathan works on rebuilding his house early in the morning with the materials he finds on the ground.
C
Jonathan works on the other houses in the neighborhood before moving on to fix his own house later.
D
Jonathan returns to Enugu early to collect debris before others in the war-torn area do.
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Which excerpt from the text best supports the theme "One must persevere through hard times”?

A
It wasn’t his disreputable rags, nor the toes peeping out of one blue and one brown canvas shoes, nor yet the two stars of his rank done obviously in a hurry in biro, that troubled Jonathan.
B
So Jonathan, suspecting he might be amenable to influence, rummaged in his raffia bag and produced the two pounds with which he had been going to buy firewood which his wife, Maria, retailed to camp officials for extra stock-fish and corn meal, and got his bicycle back.
C
This newest miracle was his little house in Ogui Overside. Indeed nothing puzzles God! Only two houses away a huge concrete edifice some wealthy contractor had put up just before the war was a mountain of rubble.
D
At the first sign of light as neighbours and others assembled to commiserate with him he was already strapping his five-gallon demijohn to his bicycle carrier and his wife, sweating in the open fire, was turning over akara balls in a wide clay bowl of boiling oil.
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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

A
the story’s time period
B
where the author lives
C
the characters’ environment
D
how long the story is
E
where the story takes place
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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.

A
Jonathan becomes more grateful for his house and the new business he has started.
B
Jonathan becomes suspicious of why the other ex-miners continue to sleep outside the offices.
C
Jonathan learns that he must be less persistent with the mine owners if he wants the offices to open anytime soon.
D
Jonathan is grateful that the offices have not reopened and stops going to check on the workers.
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A message that a text conveys about a topic is called a

A
dialect.
B
setting.
C
theme.
D
detail.

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