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

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

3. What did Okenwa love more than books and other things his parents were passionate about when he was young?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Kung Fu.
(c) Drawing.
(d) Disco.

4. What does Okenwa say some Nigerians believed could cure diabetes?
(a) Eating liver.
(b) Drinking Orange Juice.
(c) Drinking Holy Water.
(d) Sacrificing a goat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How often does the narrator say he visits his parents at the start of the story?

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

3. What type of questions do Okenwa's parents often ask him when he visits?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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