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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 the narrator say his parents had "a new baffling patience for" (1) in their old age?
(a) Their son.
(b) Incredible stories.
(c) Animals.
(d) Small children.

2. What is something that the narrator says has changed physically about his parents since retirement?
(a) Their ears are larger.
(b) Their eyes are smaller.
(c) They look more alike.
(d) They are taller.

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

4. What was the Chief's murdered househelp's liver said to be used for according to the narrator's parents?
(a) Moneymaking rituals.
(b) Fertility rituals.
(c) Marriage rituals.
(d) Healing rituals.

5. Where does Okenwa live?
(a) Benin City.
(b) Enugu.
(c) Lagos.
(d) Port Harcourt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the houseboy just before Raphael fired?

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

3. Where did Okenwa's parents meet?

4. How does Okenwa imagine his father would have reacted to outlandish stories 15 years earlier?

5. What proof do the narrator's parents have of the neighbor's unusual vomiting experience?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Okenwa imagine would be different if he did have a family, as his parents hoped? Why?

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

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

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

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