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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 the narrator say his parents smell like at the start of the story?
(a) Body sweat.
(b) Vicks Vapo Rub.
(c) Chicken soup.
(d) Mothballs.

2. What did Okenwa's parents often do in the evenings at home when he as young?
(a) Grade papers and ignore each other.
(b) Play with him.
(c) Read to each other.
(d) Watch movies together.

3. What did Okenwa tell Raphael to do in order to help get the eye drops in his eyes?
(a) Breathe like in kung fu.
(b) Count to ten.
(c) Watch a Bruce Lee movie for distraction.
(d) Squeeze his hand tight.

4. What is the name of the Chief who young house help had mysteriously died according do the narrator's parents?
(a) Chief Okey.
(b) Chief Okenwa.
(c) Chief Okwi.
(d) Chief Okeke.

5. What did Raphael and Okenwa first bond over when he worked for them?
(a) A love of American comedy films.
(b) A love of Kung Fu.
(c) Similar musical interests.
(d) A love of books.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Okenwa's parents put in his room, which made his "stay feel transient" (3)?

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

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

4. What type of home do the narrator's parents live in at the start of the story?

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

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