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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's parents often do in the evenings at home when he as young?
(a) Play with him.
(b) Grade papers and ignore each other.
(c) Read to each other.
(d) Watch movies together.

2. What does the narrator say his parents smell like at the start of the story?
(a) Vicks Vapo Rub.
(b) Mothballs.
(c) Chicken soup.
(d) Body sweat.

3. What was different about Raphael when he spoke to Josephine?
(a) He bragged a lot.
(b) He seemed older.
(c) He appeared shy.
(d) He was confident.

4. What does Okenwa believe his mother would have said 15 years earlier if told outlandish stories?
(a) Highly unlikely.
(b) Fascinating.
(c) Nonsense.
(d) Tell me more.

5. Why did Raphael not use the eye drops Okenwa's parents had given him?
(a) He was unable to do it on his own.
(b) He did not believe in medicine.
(c) He thought Okenwa's parents were trying to hurt him.
(d) He did not believe his infection was serious.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Okenwa think of each time his parents put eyedrops in his eyes when he had Apollo?

2. What type of questions do Okenwa's parents often ask him when he visits?

3. What did Raphael once do while Okenwa was in his room?

4. Who is Josephine, the girl Raphael was talking to when Okenwa saw him outside?

5. Who is said to have murdered the Chief's young househelp according to the narrator's parents?

(see the answer key)

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