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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 7-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Raphael at the end of "Apollo"?
(a) He got Apollo.
(b) He quit.
(c) He married Josephine.
(d) He was fired.

2. What did Okenwa's father say was wrong with Raphael's eyes when his mother noticed something during lunch?
(a) It was Apollo.
(b) He has a cold.
(c) It was Malaria.
(d) He needs more sleep.

3. What did Josephine often bring for Okenwa's family?
(a) Pineapple.
(b) Yams.
(c) Milk.
(d) Eggs.

4. What is the name of the Chief who young house help had mysteriously died according do the narrator's parents?
(a) Chief Okenwa.
(b) Chief Okey.
(c) Chief Okwi.
(d) Chief Okeke.

5. What did Okenwa's father ask his son when he became infected with Apollo?
(a) How he got Apollo when Raphael was in his room.
(b) If he could write a report on the origins of the Apollo infection.
(c) If he knew why the infection came to be called Apollo.
(d) If he got Apollo on purpose so he did not have to go to school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of home do the narrator's parents live in at the start of the story?

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

3. What is something that the narrator says has changed physically about his parents since retirement?

4. What does Okenwa believe his mother would have said 15 years earlier if told outlandish stories?

5. What do the narrator's parents often watch on television at the start of the story?

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