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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 did Okenwa's parents often do in the evenings at home when he as young?
(a) Play with him.
(b) Grade papers and ignore each other.
(c) Read to each other.
(d) Watch movies together.

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

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

4. Whose films did Okenwa watch obsessively when he was young?
(a) John Wayne.
(b) Bruce Lee.
(c) Arnold Schwarzenegger.
(d) Robin Williams.

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) Kung Fu.
(d) Drawing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say his parents had "a new baffling patience for" (1) in their old age?

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

3. How did Okenwa know Raphael?

4. What did Raphael and Okenwa first bond over when he worked for them?

5. How often does the narrator say he visits his parents at the start of the story?

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