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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 parents tell Raphael to do once they realized what was wrong with his eyes?
(a) Have Okenwa get him medicine.
(b) Find a doctor.
(c) Go to his room.
(d) Leave and never come back.

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

3. What did Josephine often bring for Okenwa's family?
(a) Yams.
(b) Eggs.
(c) Milk.
(d) Pineapple.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Okenwa when he first met Raphael?

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

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

4. How did Okenwa feel Raphael spoke to him when he saw him outside while he was speaking to Josephine?

5. What did Okenwa tell his parents when they saw him on the ground at the end of the story?

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