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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 did Okenwa say to Raphael when they first spoke after Josephine left?
(a) He asked if Josephine gave him the Apollo.
(b) He asked if Josephine brought any eggs.
(c) He asked why Raphael did not come to see him.
(d) He asked if Josephine was his girlfriend.

2. What do the narrator's parents believe their neighbor's unusual vomiting experience was proof of?
(a) His wife was pregnant.
(b) He was being punished for a wicked sin.
(c) He was poisoned by wicked relatives.
(d) He was going to die soon.

3. Why did Okenwa's maternal grandparents dislike Okenwa's father?
(a) They thought he was rude.
(b) They thought he was not wealthy enough.
(c) They thought he was too educated.
(d) They thought he was not handsome enough.

4. What is the name of the city the narrator's parents live at the start of the story?
(a) Nigeria.
(b) Lagos.
(c) Port Harcourt.
(d) Enugu.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why was the houseboy just before Raphael fired?

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

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

5. What did Okenwa first shout to Raphael when he saw him speaking to Josephine?

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