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

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

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

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

5. Where did Okenwa's parents meet?
(a) They were neighbors.
(b) They worked together.
(c) High School.
(d) College.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sport did Okenwa's parents play together at the staff club?

2. What did Okenwa's parents often do in the evenings at home when he as young?

3. What is the name of the narrator and his parent's "ancestral hometown" (1)?

4. Why did Okenwa's maternal grandparents dislike Okenwa's father?

5. Why did one of Okenwa's family houseboys, John, leave after breaking a plate?

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