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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How often does the narrator say he visits his parents at the start of the story?
(a) Twice a month.
(b) Twice a year.
(c) Every other month.
(d) Once a day.

2. How did Okenwa know Raphael?
(a) He was a former colleague.
(b) He was a neighbor.
(c) He was their houseboy.
(d) He was his classmate.

3. What type of questions do Okenwa's parents often ask him when he visits?
(a) When he will get a real job.
(b) When he will move closer.
(c) When he will marry or have children.
(d) When he will let them live with him.

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

5. What did Okenwa love more than books and other things his parents were passionate about when he was young?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Disco.
(c) Drawing.
(d) Kung Fu.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Okenwa believe his mother would have said 15 years earlier if told outlandish stories?

2. Why was the houseboy just before Raphael fired?

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

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

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

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