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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Okenwa's parents tell Raphael to do once they realized what was wrong with his eyes?
(a) Have Okenwa get him medicine.
(b) Leave and never come back.
(c) Go to his room.
(d) Find a doctor.

2. What did Okenwa offer to do to help Raphael while he has the infection?
(a) Take over his chores.
(b) Put the eye drops in his eyes for him.
(c) Clean his room.
(d) Take him to the doctor.

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

4. Why does Okenwa's mother assume he would not remember Raphael?
(a) Okenwa has a terrible memory.
(b) They only met once.
(c) Okenwa was young and Raphael was one of many houseboys.
(d) Raphael was very shy.

5. What did Okenwa's father bring to Raphael after they discovered he had an infection?
(a) Dinner.
(b) Bruce Lee tapes to watch.
(c) Books to read.
(d) Eye drops.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the houseboy just before Raphael fired?

2. Where did Okenwa and Raphael practice kung fu?

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

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

5. Why did Raphael not use the eye drops Okenwa's parents had given him?

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