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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 smell like at the start of the story?
(a) Vicks Vapo Rub.
(b) Body sweat.
(c) Chicken soup.
(d) Mothballs.

2. 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) Marriage rituals.
(d) Fertility rituals.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Okwi.
(c) Chief Okenwa.
(d) Chief Okeke.

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

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

12. 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 brother.
(c) The Chief's wife.
(d) The Chief himself.

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

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

15. What does Okenwa believe his mother would have said 15 years earlier if told outlandish stories?
(a) Fascinating.
(b) Nonsense.
(c) Tell me more.
(d) Highly unlikely.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Okenwa's mother's profession before retirement?

2. What do Okenwa's parents complain of during one visit in November?

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

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

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

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