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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. What does Okenwa's mother tell him Raphael's role in a recent crime was?
(a) He was part of the vigilante mob who caught the thief.
(b) He was a victim.
(c) He was the ringleader.
(d) He was the reporter who covered the story.

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

3. 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 feared how Okenwa's father would react.
(d) He could not afford to replace the plate.

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

5. What do the narrator's parents tell him a sick neighbor from their hometown vomited once?
(a) An old shoe.
(b) A dead cat.
(c) A necklace.
(d) A live grasshopper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What day of the week does Okenwa visit his parents?

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

3. Why was the houseboy just before Raphael fired?

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

5. What does the narrator say his parents had "a new baffling patience for" (1) in their old age?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Okenwa passionate about, which he did not share with his parents? Who does he meet who shared this passion?

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

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

4. What are some of the "incredible stories" Okenwa's parents tell him on his visits?

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

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

7. Where did Okenwa's parents meet? How did their parents feel about their union?

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

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

10. What is the narrator doing at the start of "Apollo"?

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