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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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 clothes in his closets.
(d) Their books on his bookshelves.

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

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

10. What type of questions do Okenwa's parents often ask him when he visits?
(a) When he will marry or have children.
(b) When he will let them live with him.
(c) When he will move closer.
(d) When he will get a real job.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does Okenwa imagine his father would have reacted to outlandish stories 15 years earlier?

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

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

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