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

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

3. Why was the houseboy just before Raphael fired?
(a) For being a terrible cook.
(b) For not cleaning well.
(c) For insulting Okenwa's mother.
(d) For hitting Okenwa.

4. What do the narrator's parents often watch on television at the start of the story?
(a) Animal Planet.
(b) American Idol.
(c) All My Children.
(d) Cat videos on YouTube.

5. Why did Okenwa's maternal grandparents dislike Okenwa's father?
(a) They thought he was too educated.
(b) They thought he was not wealthy enough.
(c) They thought he was not handsome enough.
(d) They thought he was rude.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Okenwa say some Nigerians believed could cure diabetes?

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

3. What does Okenwa think each time he leaves his parents after a visit?

4. What do the narrator's parents believe their neighbor's unusual vomiting experience was proof of?

5. What was Okenwa's mother's profession before retirement?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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