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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 the narrator's parents often watch on television at the start of the story?
(a) Cat videos on YouTube.
(b) Animal Planet.
(c) American Idol.
(d) All My Children.

2. What does Okenwa eat with his parents each visit?
(a) Pepper soup and bean cakes.
(b) Fish and rice.
(c) Yams and soup.
(d) Rice and stew.

3. What do the narrator's parents tell him a sick neighbor from their hometown vomited once?
(a) A live grasshopper.
(b) A dead cat.
(c) A necklace.
(d) An old shoe.

4. Where did Okenwa and Raphael practice kung fu?
(a) The staff club.
(b) Raphael's room.
(c) Okenwa's room.
(d) Okenwa's backyard.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Okenwa's parents put in his room, which made his "stay feel transient" (3)?

2. What did Raphael make for Okenwa after he said he wanted one while watching a Bruce Lee movie?

3. What did Raphael once do while Okenwa was in his room?

4. What day of the week does Okenwa visit his parents?

5. How old was Okenwa when he first met Raphael?

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