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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 4 - 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Okenwa still remember about the time he and Raphael fought outside and he managed to hit Raphael with his nunchaku?
(a) Raphael's wet brow and smile.
(b) Raphael's strong arms and sparkling eyes.
(c) Raphael's small shorts and leg muscles.
(d) Raphael's strength and anger.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Okenwa's father say was wrong with Raphael's eyes when his mother noticed something during lunch?

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

4. Why does Okenwa's mother assume he would not remember Raphael?

5. What did Okenwa's mother complain about when Raphael had cooked them boiled yam and paw paw?

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