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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Okenwa's parents put in his room, which made his "stay feel transient" (3)?
(a) Their work on his desk.
(b) Their records on his shelves.
(c) Their books on his bookshelves.
(d) Their clothes in his closets.

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

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

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

5. What did Okenwa love more than books and other things his parents were passionate about when he was young?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Disco.
(c) Kung Fu.
(d) Drawing.

6. Where did Okenwa's parents meet?
(a) High School.
(b) They were neighbors.
(c) College.
(d) They worked together.

7. What does the narrator say his parents had "a new baffling patience for" (1) in their old age?
(a) Their son.
(b) Animals.
(c) Small children.
(d) Incredible stories.

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

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

10. What proof do the narrator's parents have of the neighbor's unusual vomiting experience?
(a) They read about it in the newspaper.
(b) Someone texted them a picture.
(c) The man was interviewed for the local TV news station.
(d) They saw a photo on facebook.

11. How does Okenwa imagine his father would have reacted to outlandish stories 15 years earlier?
(a) He would have researched the story for factual evidence.
(b) He would have snorted.
(c) He would have asked a thousand questions.
(d) He would have blocked his ears.

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

13. What did Raphael and Okenwa first bond over when he worked for them?
(a) Similar musical interests.
(b) A love of Kung Fu.
(c) A love of American comedy films.
(d) A love of books.

14. Who is the author of "Apollo"?
(a) Chinua Achebe.
(b) Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
(c) Amanda Ngozi.
(d) Otessa Moshfegh.

15. Why did one of Okenwa's family houseboys, John, leave after breaking a plate?
(a) He feared how Okenwa's father would react.
(b) He feared how Okenwa's mother would react.
(c) He broke the plate and left after an argument with Okenwa.
(d) He could not afford to replace the plate.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old are the narrator's parents in the present at the start of the story?

2. How did Okenwa know Raphael?

3. What day of the week does Okenwa visit his parents?

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

5. Why did Okenwa's paternal grandparents dislike Okenwa's mother?

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