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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 7-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Okenwa's father say was wrong with Raphael's eyes when his mother noticed something during lunch?
(a) It was Malaria.
(b) It was Apollo.
(c) He needs more sleep.
(d) He has a cold.

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

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

4. What does Okenwa say some Nigerians believed could cure diabetes?
(a) Sacrificing a goat.
(b) Drinking Holy Water.
(c) Eating liver.
(d) Drinking Orange Juice.

5. Why did one of Okenwa's family houseboys, John, leave after breaking a plate?
(a) He could not afford to replace the plate.
(b) He feared how Okenwa's mother would react.
(c) He broke the plate and left after an argument with Okenwa.
(d) He feared how Okenwa's father would react.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Raphael not use the eye drops Okenwa's parents had given him?

2. What was the first thing Okenwa did when his parents left the house for the first time after he had contracted Apollo?

3. How does Okenwa imagine his father would have reacted to outlandish stories 15 years earlier?

4. What is the name of the Chief who young house help had mysteriously died according do the narrator's parents?

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

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