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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 7-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would Okenwa's parents often do when he was sick, for example with malaria?
(a) Have a houseboy take care of him.
(b) Bring an armchair in his room and stay by his bedside.
(c) Bring him difficult texts to read.
(d) Bring him loads of kung fu movies to watch.

2. How did Okenwa know Raphael?
(a) He was their houseboy.
(b) He was a neighbor.
(c) He was a former colleague.
(d) He was his classmate.

3. How did Okenwa react after he fell when he was with Raphael at the end of the story?
(a) He was humiliated and began to cry.
(b) He laughed it off and got up.
(c) He pretended he was doing a kung fu move.
(d) He shyly walked away.

4. How often did Okenwa go to Raphael's room while he was infected?
(a) Once a week.
(b) Before and after school.
(c) Once a day.
(d) Every other day.

5. What did Okenwa's mother complain about when Raphael had cooked them boiled yam and paw paw?
(a) The saltiness of the vegetables.
(b) The toughness of the vegetables.
(c) The blandness of the meal.
(d) That he cut them in too small pieces.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the Chief's murdered househelp's liver said to be used for according to the narrator's parents?

3. What does Okenwa know he could have done at the end of the story?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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