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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 4 - 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say his parents had "a new baffling patience for" (1) in their old age?
(a) Their son.
(b) Small children.
(c) Incredible stories.
(d) Animals.

2. What was Okenwa's mother's profession before retirement?
(a) TV personality.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Cardiologist.
(d) Political Science professor.

3. What proof do the narrator's parents have of the neighbor's unusual vomiting experience?
(a) They saw a photo on facebook.
(b) They read about it in the newspaper.
(c) Someone texted them a picture.
(d) The man was interviewed for the local TV news station.

4. What did Okenwa's parents put in his room, which made his "stay feel transient" (3)?
(a) Their clothes in his closets.
(b) Their books on his bookshelves.
(c) Their work on his desk.
(d) Their records on his shelves.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Okenwa love more than books and other things his parents were passionate about when he was young?

2. What did Raphael and Okenwa first bond over when he worked for them?

3. What did Okenwa do when Raphael told him not to come close to him when he visited Raphael in his room?

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

5. How old are the narrator's parents in the present at the start of the story?

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