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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1 - 3 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is something that the narrator says has changed physically about his parents since retirement?
(a) They are taller.
(b) Their ears are larger.
(c) Their eyes are smaller.
(d) They look more alike.

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

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

4. Who is the author of "Apollo"?
(a) Chinua Achebe.
(b) Otessa Moshfegh.
(c) Amanda Ngozi.
(d) Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Okenwa know Raphael?

2. What does Okenwa believe his mother would have said 15 years earlier if told outlandish stories?

3. What did Raphael and Okenwa first bond over when he worked for them?

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

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

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