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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 day of the week does Okenwa visit his parents?
(a) Monday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Sunday.

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

3. What type of home do the narrator's parents live in at the start of the story?
(a) A small apartment.
(b) A tiny house.
(c) A trailer.
(d) A large home.

4. What do Okenwa's parents complain of during one visit in November?
(a) Increased robberies in the area.
(b) Having no grandchildren for whom to buy Christmas presents.
(c) New aches and pains.
(d) Rising housing costs.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How often does the narrator say he visits his parents at the start of the story?

3. Who is said to have murdered the Chief's young househelp according to the narrator's parents?

4. What does Okenwa still remember about the time he and Raphael fought outside and he managed to hit Raphael with his nunchaku?

5. What was Okenwa's father's profession before retirement?

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