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

2. What was Okenwa's mother's profession before retirement?
(a) TV personality.
(b) Political Science professor.
(c) Cardiologist.
(d) Lawyer.

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

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

5. Who is said to have murdered the Chief's young househelp according to the narrator's parents?
(a) The Chief himself.
(b) The Chief's brother.
(c) The Chief's wife.
(d) The girl's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old are the narrator's parents in the present at the start of the story?

2. How often does the narrator say he visits his parents at the start of the story?

3. What does the narrator say his parents smell like at the start of the story?

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

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

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