CLASS 10
THE NECKLACE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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He was a construction worker.
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He was a school teacher.
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He was a coal miner.
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He was a government clerk.
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Detailed explanation-1: -What did Jonathan do before the war? HE WAS A GOVERNMENT CLERK.
Detailed explanation-2: -The protagonist of the story, Jonathan is a man living in southern Nigeria just after the Nigerian Civil War (1967-1970). He is the husband of Maria and father to four children, the youngest of whom died in the war. Before the war, Jonathan was a miner.
Detailed explanation-3: -Jonathan moves his family into their old home, and others come out of the “forest holes” and begin rebuilding (83). The family works to rebuild their lives. The children pick mangoes and sell them to soldiers’ wives for a few cents, and his wife, Maria, prepares and sells Akara balls (fried balls of ground beans).
Detailed explanation-4: -Jonathan Iwegbu, the protagonist of Civil Peace, is the optimistic nucleus of the entire narrative. Despite the recent devastation of the Biafran War, Jonathan exhibits a happy tone in the face of death. Jonathan’s optimism is first demonstrated in the first paragraph when he exclaims how happy he is for his life.
Detailed explanation-5: -Answer and Explanation: In Achebe’s “Civil Peace", Jonathan Iwegbu’s family carries on as if nothing happened the morning after the robbery-he prepares his bicycle, his wife cooks, and his son rinses out bottles for their bar.