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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. 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 not handsome enough.
(d) They thought he was too educated.

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

14. What does Okenwa say some Nigerians believed could cure diabetes?
(a) Sacrificing a goat.
(b) Drinking Holy Water.
(c) Drinking Orange Juice.
(d) Eating liver.

15. 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) Rising housing costs.
(d) New aches and pains.

Short Answer Questions

1. What proof do the narrator's parents have of the neighbor's unusual vomiting experience?

2. Why did one of Okenwa's family houseboys, John, leave after breaking a plate?

3. Who is the author of "Apollo"?

4. What do the narrator's parents tell him a sick neighbor from their hometown vomited once?

5. What does the narrator say his parents smell like at the start of the story?

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