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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1 - 3 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Okenwa live?
(a) Port Harcourt.
(b) Benin City.
(c) Lagos.
(d) Enugu.

2. What does the narrator say his parents had "a new baffling patience for" (1) in their old age?
(a) Incredible stories.
(b) Animals.
(c) Small children.
(d) Their son.

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

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

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 father would react.
(c) He broke the plate and left after an argument with Okenwa.
(d) He feared how Okenwa's mother would react.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What type of questions do Okenwa's parents often ask him when he visits?

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

4. What proof do the narrator's parents have of the neighbor's unusual vomiting experience?

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

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