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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What was Okenwa's mother's profession before retirement?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) TV personality.
(c) Political Science professor.
(d) Cardiologist.

8. What do the narrator's parents often watch on television at the start of the story?
(a) Animal Planet.
(b) American Idol.
(c) All My Children.
(d) Cat videos on YouTube.

9. What does Okenwa's mother tell him Raphael's role in a recent crime was?
(a) He was the ringleader.
(b) He was a victim.
(c) He was part of the vigilante mob who caught the thief.
(d) He was the reporter who covered the story.

10. What is something that the narrator says has changed physically about his parents since retirement?
(a) Their eyes are smaller.
(b) They look more alike.
(c) Their ears are larger.
(d) They are taller.

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

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

13. How often does the narrator say he visits his parents at the start of the story?
(a) Once a day.
(b) Twice a year.
(c) Every other month.
(d) Twice a month.

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Chief's murdered househelp's liver said to be used for according to the narrator's parents?

2. Who is the author of "Apollo"?

3. Why does Okenwa's mother assume he would not remember Raphael?

4. Where did Okenwa's parents meet?

5. How did Okenwa know Raphael?

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