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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 7-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Okenwa say to Raphael when they first spoke after Josephine left?
(a) He asked if Josephine gave him the Apollo.
(b) He asked why Raphael did not come to see him.
(c) He asked if Josephine was his girlfriend.
(d) He asked if Josephine brought any eggs.

2. What did Okenwa offer to do to help Raphael while he has the infection?
(a) Put the eye drops in his eyes for him.
(b) Take him to the doctor.
(c) Take over his chores.
(d) Clean his room.

3. What did Okenwa tell his parents when they saw him on the ground at the end of the story?
(a) The medicine is making him feel woozy.
(b) Raphael pushed him.
(c) He fainted from hunger.
(d) He slipped and fell.

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

5. How did Okenwa feel Raphael spoke to him when he saw him outside while he was speaking to Josephine?
(a) Like he was a child.
(b) Like they were friends.
(c) Like he was hard of hearing.
(d) Like he missed him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Okenwa's father say was wrong with Raphael's eyes when his mother noticed something during lunch?

2. What does Okenwa's mother tell him Raphael's role in a recent crime was?

3. What do Okenwa's parents complain of during one visit in November?

4. What is the name of the city the narrator's parents live at the start of the story?

5. What saddened Okenwa the most while he was in bed with Apollo?

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