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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Okenwa eat with his parents each visit?
(a) Rice and stew.
(b) Pepper soup and bean cakes.
(c) Yams and soup.
(d) Fish and rice.

2. What was Okenwa's father's profession before retirement?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Cab driver.
(c) Professor of Education.
(d) Doctor.

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

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

5. How did Okenwa know Raphael?
(a) He was their houseboy.
(b) He was a neighbor.
(c) He was a former colleague.
(d) He was his classmate.

6. What proof do the narrator's parents have of the neighbor's unusual vomiting experience?
(a) Someone texted them a picture.
(b) They read about it in the newspaper.
(c) They saw a photo on facebook.
(d) The man was interviewed for the local TV news station.

7. Why does Okenwa's mother assume he would not remember Raphael?
(a) Okenwa was young and Raphael was one of many houseboys.
(b) Raphael was very shy.
(c) Okenwa has a terrible memory.
(d) They only met once.

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

9. What did Okenwa love more than books and other things his parents were passionate about when he was young?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Drawing.
(c) Kung Fu.
(d) Disco.

10. Why was the houseboy just before Raphael fired?
(a) For hitting Okenwa.
(b) For being a terrible cook.
(c) For not cleaning well.
(d) For insulting Okenwa's mother.

11. What type of questions do Okenwa's parents often ask him when he visits?
(a) When he will get a real job.
(b) When he will marry or have children.
(c) When he will move closer.
(d) When he will let them live with him.

12. How old are the narrator's parents in the present at the start of the story?
(a) Late 40s.
(b) Late 80s.
(c) Mid 60s.
(d) Early 30s.

13. What did Okenwa's parents often do in the evenings at home when he as young?
(a) Play with him.
(b) Watch movies together.
(c) Grade papers and ignore each other.
(d) Read to each other.

14. What was the Chief's murdered househelp's liver said to be used for according to the narrator's parents?
(a) Healing rituals.
(b) Fertility rituals.
(c) Marriage rituals.
(d) Moneymaking rituals.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Okenwa say some Nigerians believed could cure diabetes?

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

3. Where did Okenwa's parents meet?

4. What do the narrator's parents believe their neighbor's unusual vomiting experience was proof of?

5. What do the narrator's parents often watch on television at the start of the story?

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