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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 type of questions do Okenwa's parents often ask him when he visits?
(a) When he will marry or have children.
(b) When he will let them live with him.
(c) When he will get a real job.
(d) When he will move closer.

2. What is something that the narrator says has changed physically about his parents since retirement?
(a) They are taller.
(b) Their eyes are smaller.
(c) They look more alike.
(d) Their ears are larger.

3. What does the narrator say his parents smell like at the start of the story?
(a) Mothballs.
(b) Body sweat.
(c) Vicks Vapo Rub.
(d) Chicken soup.

4. What is the name of the Chief who young house help had mysteriously died according do the narrator's parents?
(a) Chief Okenwa.
(b) Chief Okey.
(c) Chief Okwi.
(d) Chief Okeke.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why was the houseboy just before Raphael fired?

4. How did Okenwa know Raphael?

5. What was the Chief's murdered househelp's liver said to be used for according to the narrator's parents?

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