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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the narrator's parents tell him a sick neighbor from their hometown vomited once?
(a) A dead cat.
(b) An old shoe.
(c) A live grasshopper.
(d) A necklace.

2. Where does Okenwa live?
(a) Port Harcourt.
(b) Lagos.
(c) Enugu.
(d) Benin City.

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

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

5. What do Okenwa's parents complain of during one visit in November?
(a) Having no grandchildren for whom to buy Christmas presents.
(b) Increased robberies in the area.
(c) New aches and pains.
(d) Rising housing costs.

6. What sport did Okenwa's parents play together at the staff club?
(a) Tennis.
(b) Golf.
(c) Ping pong.
(d) Badminton.

7. Whose films did Okenwa watch obsessively when he was young?
(a) Arnold Schwarzenegger.
(b) John Wayne.
(c) Bruce Lee.
(d) Robin Williams.

8. How did Okenwa know Raphael?
(a) He was a neighbor.
(b) He was their houseboy.
(c) He was his classmate.
(d) He was a former colleague.

9. What type of home do the narrator's parents live in at the start of the story?
(a) A large home.
(b) A trailer.
(c) A small apartment.
(d) A tiny house.

10. Why did Okenwa's paternal grandparents dislike Okenwa's mother?
(a) They thought she was too poor.
(b) They thought she was not intelligent enough.
(c) They thought she was too educated.
(d) They thought she was not attractive enough.

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

12. Who is said to have murdered the Chief's young househelp according to the narrator's parents?
(a) The Chief's brother.
(b) The Chief himself.
(c) The Chief's wife.
(d) The girl's father.

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

14. What day of the week does Okenwa visit his parents?
(a) Tuesday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Saturday.

15. What was Okenwa's father's profession before retirement?
(a) Professor of Education.
(b) Cab driver.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Doctor.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why did Okenwa's maternal grandparents dislike Okenwa's father?

4. What does Okenwa think each time he leaves his parents after a visit?

5. What does Okenwa say some Nigerians believed could cure diabetes?

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