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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 7-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Okenwa tell his parents when they saw him on the ground at the end of the story?
(a) Raphael pushed him.
(b) The medicine is making him feel woozy.
(c) He fainted from hunger.
(d) He slipped and fell.

2. Why did Raphael not use the eye drops Okenwa's parents had given him?
(a) He was unable to do it on his own.
(b) He thought Okenwa's parents were trying to hurt him.
(c) He did not believe his infection was serious.
(d) He did not believe in medicine.

3. What does Okenwa still remember about the time he and Raphael fought outside and he managed to hit Raphael with his nunchaku?
(a) Raphael's strength and anger.
(b) Raphael's wet brow and smile.
(c) Raphael's strong arms and sparkling eyes.
(d) Raphael's small shorts and leg muscles.

4. What was the Chief's murdered househelp's liver said to be used for according to the narrator's parents?
(a) Healing rituals.
(b) Marriage rituals.
(c) Fertility rituals.
(d) Moneymaking rituals.

5. Why did one of Okenwa's family houseboys, John, leave after breaking a plate?
(a) He feared how Okenwa's mother would react.
(b) He broke the plate and left after an argument with Okenwa.
(c) He feared how Okenwa's father would react.
(d) He could not afford to replace the plate.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Okenwa's maternal grandparents dislike Okenwa's father?

2. What three emotions did Okenwa say he experienced when he learned why Raphael did not use the eye drops?

3. What did Okenwa's father ask his son when he became infected with Apollo?

4. What do Okenwa's parents complain of during one visit in November?

5. How does Okenwa imagine his father would have reacted to outlandish stories 15 years earlier?

(see the answer key)

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