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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 type of home do the narrator's parents live in at the start of the story?
(a) A tiny house.
(b) A small apartment.
(c) A trailer.
(d) A large home.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What sport did Okenwa's parents play together at the staff club?

2. What did Raphael and Okenwa first bond over when he worked for them?

3. How old are the narrator's parents in the present at the start of the story?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How did Okenwa feel about reading compared to his parents?

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

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