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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 does Okenwa eat with his parents each visit?
(a) Yams and soup.
(b) Fish and rice.
(c) Pepper soup and bean cakes.
(d) Rice and stew.

2. How does Okenwa imagine his father would have reacted to outlandish stories 15 years earlier?
(a) He would have researched the story for factual evidence.
(b) He would have blocked his ears.
(c) He would have snorted.
(d) He would have asked a thousand questions.

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

4. Who is the author of "Apollo"?
(a) Amanda Ngozi.
(b) Otessa Moshfegh.
(c) Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
(d) Chinua Achebe.

5. What would Raphael say while watching Bruce Lee movies with Okenwa, which Okenwa felt made him see "the films anew" (4)?
(a) Wow!
(b) Watch It!
(c) Look! Look!
(d) Amazing!

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What day of the week does Okenwa visit his parents?

5. What did Okenwa's mother complain about when Raphael had cooked them boiled yam and paw paw?

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