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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old was Okenwa when he first met Raphael?
(a) 4.
(b) 8.
(c) 12.
(d) 18.

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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 move closer.
(c) When he will marry or have children.
(d) When he will let them live with him.

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

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

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

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

14. Why does Okenwa's mother assume he would not remember Raphael?
(a) Okenwa was young and Raphael was one of many houseboys.
(b) They only met once.
(c) Raphael was very shy.
(d) Okenwa has a terrible memory.

15. 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 snorted.
(d) He would have asked a thousand questions.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Okenwa know Raphael?

2. What is the name of the narrator and his parent's "ancestral hometown" (1)?

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

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

5. What does Okenwa's mother tell him Raphael's role in a recent crime was?

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