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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 do Okenwa's parents complain of during one visit in November?
(a) New aches and pains.
(b) Increased robberies in the area.
(c) Having no grandchildren for whom to buy Christmas presents.
(d) Rising housing costs.

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

3. How does Okenwa imagine his father would have reacted to outlandish stories 15 years earlier?
(a) He would have researched the story for factual evidence.
(b) He would have blocked his ears.
(c) He would have snorted.
(d) He would have asked a thousand questions.

4. Where does Okenwa go after dinner when Raphael is confined to his room?
(a) The backyard to practice kung fu alone.
(b) Raphael's room.
(c) His own room.
(d) The movies.

5. What do the narrator's parents believe their neighbor's unusual vomiting experience was proof of?
(a) His wife was pregnant.
(b) He was being punished for a wicked sin.
(c) He was poisoned by wicked relatives.
(d) He was going to die soon.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What proof do the narrator's parents have of the neighbor's unusual vomiting experience?

3. What does the narrator say his parents had "a new baffling patience for" (1) in their old age?

4. What does Okenwa's mother tell him Raphael's role in a recent crime was?

5. What would Raphael say while watching Bruce Lee movies with Okenwa, which Okenwa felt made him see "the films anew" (4)?

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