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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was the houseboy just before Raphael fired?
(a) For not cleaning well.
(b) For insulting Okenwa's mother.
(c) For being a terrible cook.
(d) For hitting Okenwa.

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

3. What does Okenwa think each time he leaves his parents after a visit?
(a) When will they stop asking so many questions.
(b) It may be the last time he sees them alive.
(c) He hopes it's the last time he sees them.
(d) He hopes they are proud of him.

4. What was the Chief's murdered househelp's liver said to be used for according to the narrator's parents?
(a) Moneymaking rituals.
(b) Healing rituals.
(c) Marriage rituals.
(d) Fertility rituals.

5. How old are the narrator's parents in the present at the start of the story?
(a) Mid 60s.
(b) Late 40s.
(c) Early 30s.
(d) Late 80s.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Josephine often bring for Okenwa's family?

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

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

4. What did Okenwa say to Raphael when they first spoke after Josephine left?

5. Where does Okenwa go after dinner when Raphael is confined to his room?

(see the answer key)

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