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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is the name of the Chief who young house help had mysteriously died according do the narrator's parents?
(a) Chief Okey.
(b) Chief Okeke.
(c) Chief Okenwa.
(d) Chief Okwi.

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

11. 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) Drawing.
(d) Cooking.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Okenwa eat with his parents each visit?

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

3. Where does Okenwa live?

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

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

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