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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1 - 3 .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How old was Okenwa when he first met Raphael?
(a) 4.
(b) 8.
(c) 18.
(d) 12.

4. Why did Okenwa's paternal grandparents dislike Okenwa's mother?
(a) They thought she was not attractive enough.
(b) They thought she was not intelligent enough.
(c) They thought she was too educated.
(d) They thought she was too poor.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator say his parents smell like at the start of the story?

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

4. What was Okenwa's mother's profession before retirement?

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

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