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

2. What was Okenwa's mother's profession before retirement?
(a) Cardiologist.
(b) TV personality.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Political Science professor.

3. How old was Okenwa when he first met Raphael?
(a) 12.
(b) 18.
(c) 8.
(d) 4.

4. What does Okenwa's mother tell him Raphael's role in a recent crime was?
(a) He was part of the vigilante mob who caught the thief.
(b) He was a victim.
(c) He was the ringleader.
(d) He was the reporter who covered the story.

5. What does Okenwa believe his mother would have said 15 years earlier if told outlandish stories?
(a) Nonsense.
(b) Highly unlikely.
(c) Tell me more.
(d) Fascinating.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the houseboy just before Raphael fired?

2. What is something that the narrator says has changed physically about his parents since retirement?

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

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

5. Why did one of Okenwa's family houseboys, John, leave after breaking a plate?

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