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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the name of the narrator and his parent's "ancestral hometown" (1)?
(a) Engu.
(b) Port Harcourt.
(c) Abba.
(d) Lagos.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Okenwa live?

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

3. What did Okenwa love more than books and other things his parents were passionate about when he was young?

4. Who is the author of "Apollo"?

5. Why did Okenwa's paternal grandparents dislike Okenwa's mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. What questions do Okenwa's parents often ask him when he visits?

2. How does Okenwa describe his elderly parents at the start of the story?

3. What has changed about Okenwa's parents since retirement?

4. What did Okenwa's parents do for work?

5. How did Okenwa feel about going to the staff club to play badminton with his parents?

6. Under what circumstances did the houseboys that preceded Raphael stop working for Okenwa's family?

7. Why does Okenwa's mother think he would not remember Raphael?

8. What does Okenwa's mother say had happened during a visit in Okenwa? Who did they know who was involved?

9. What were Okenwa's parent's evenings at home like when Okenwa was young?

10. How did Okenwa's mother treat the houseboys?

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