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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 the narrator say his parents had "a new baffling patience for" (1) in their old age?
(a) Small children.
(b) Their son.
(c) Incredible stories.
(d) Animals.

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

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

4. What does Okenwa think each time he leaves his parents after a visit?
(a) He hopes they are proud of him.
(b) He hopes it's the last time he sees them.
(c) It may be the last time he sees them alive.
(d) When will they stop asking so many questions.

5. What do the narrator's parents believe their neighbor's unusual vomiting experience was proof of?
(a) He was poisoned by wicked relatives.
(b) He was being punished for a wicked sin.
(c) His wife was pregnant.
(d) He was going to die soon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the houseboy just before Raphael fired?

2. What do the narrator's parents tell him a sick neighbor from their hometown vomited once?

3. What proof do the narrator's parents have of the neighbor's unusual vomiting experience?

4. Where does Okenwa live?

5. How old was Okenwa when he first met Raphael?

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