Question

Read the excerpt below from "Civil Peace" by Chinua Achebe and answer the question that follows.



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.



Why did Jonathan return to the offices of the Coal Corporation?

to tell the other ex-miners about his house
to see if the ex-miners wanted to buy palm wine
to see if he could get his old job back
to give his ex-miner friends money and food

Answer 1

to tell the other ex miners about his house
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Answer 2

He went there to see if he could get his old job back.

• He went to the headquarters of the Coal Corporation, where he used to be a miner, every day at first.
• Then every other day, and ultimately once a week to find out what was going on.
• The only thing he discovered in the end was that his small house was even more of a godsend than he had anticipated.
• Few of his fellow mates, who had nowhere to go after a long day of waiting, slept outside the offices' doors.
• As the weeks passed and no one could figure out what was going on and  he stopped paying his weekly visits