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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 put in his room, which made his "stay feel transient" (3)?
(a) Their records on his shelves.
(b) Their books on his bookshelves.
(c) Their work on his desk.
(d) Their clothes in his closets.

2. What happened to Raphael at the end of "Apollo"?
(a) He got Apollo.
(b) He was fired.
(c) He married Josephine.
(d) He quit.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Okenwa tell his parents he contracted Apollo?

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

3. What is something that the narrator says has changed physically about his parents since retirement?

4. What do the narrator's parents tell him a sick neighbor from their hometown vomited once?

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

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