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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 4 - 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Okenwa go after dinner when Raphael is confined to his room?
(a) Raphael's room.
(b) The movies.
(c) His own room.
(d) The backyard to practice kung fu alone.

2. How did Okenwa know Raphael?
(a) He was a former colleague.
(b) He was his classmate.
(c) He was a neighbor.
(d) He was their houseboy.

3. How did Okenwa feel when his family returned home from dinner and Raphael was not there?
(a) He felt relieved he did not have to see Raphael.
(b) He was upset he had to clean up after himself.
(c) He felt his home had been emptied of life.
(d) He was concerned Raphael would get fired.

4. Why did Okenwa's paternal grandparents dislike Okenwa's mother?
(a) They thought she was not intelligent enough.
(b) They thought she was too poor.
(c) They thought she was not attractive enough.
(d) They thought she was too educated.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose films did Okenwa watch obsessively when he was young?

2. What is the name of the narrator and his parent's "ancestral hometown" (1)?

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

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

5. What did Okenwa's father bring to Raphael after they discovered he had an infection?

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