Question

Which piece of textual evidence from the short story "Civil Peace" by Chinua Achebe can be used to defend the claim that violence has not ended despite the end of war?
A ) "Came the day of the windfall when after five days of endless scuffles in queues and counter-queues in the sun outside the Treasury he had twenty pounds counted into his palms as ex gratia award for the rebel money he had turned in."
B ) "'Awrighto. Now make we talk business. We no be bad tief. We no like for make trouble. Trouble done finish. War done finish and all the katakata wey de for inside. No Civil War again. This time na Civil Peace. No be so?'"
C ) "He was normally a heavy sleeper but that night he heard all the neighborhood noises die down one after another."
D ) "'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."

Answer 1

Answer:

B

Explanation:

Only answer B questions the ability of peace to last past the war.