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

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

3. Who is the author of "Apollo"?
(a) Amanda Ngozi.
(b) Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
(c) Chinua Achebe.
(d) Otessa Moshfegh.

4. Why did Okenwa's maternal grandparents dislike Okenwa's father?
(a) They thought he was rude.
(b) They thought he was not handsome enough.
(c) They thought he was not wealthy enough.
(d) They thought he was too educated.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Okenwa tell Raphael to do in order to help get the eye drops in his eyes?

2. Who is said to have murdered the Chief's young househelp according to the narrator's parents?

3. Whose films did Okenwa watch obsessively when he was young?

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

5. What did Okenwa's father bring to Raphael after they discovered he had an infection?

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