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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What was Okenwa's father's profession before retirement?
(a) Professor of Education.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Cab driver.
(d) Lawyer.
2. What does Okenwa say some Nigerians believed could cure diabetes?
(a) Drinking Holy Water.
(b) Sacrificing a goat.
(c) Drinking Orange Juice.
(d) Eating liver.
3. What did Okenwa's parents put in his room, which made his "stay feel transient" (3)?
(a) Their clothes in his closets.
(b) Their records on his shelves.
(c) Their work on his desk.
(d) Their books on his bookshelves.
4. What does the narrator say his parents had "a new baffling patience for" (1) in their old age?
(a) Animals.
(b) Their son.
(c) Small children.
(d) Incredible stories.
5. What proof do the narrator's parents have of the neighbor's unusual vomiting experience?
(a) Someone texted them a picture.
(b) The man was interviewed for the local TV news station.
(c) They read about it in the newspaper.
(d) They saw a photo on facebook.
6. Why did Okenwa's paternal grandparents dislike Okenwa's mother?
(a) They thought she was too poor.
(b) They thought she was not attractive enough.
(c) They thought she was not intelligent enough.
(d) They thought she was too educated.
7. What do the narrator's parents believe their neighbor's unusual vomiting experience was proof of?
(a) His wife was pregnant.
(b) He was going to die soon.
(c) He was poisoned by wicked relatives.
(d) He was being punished for a wicked sin.
8. What does Okenwa's mother tell him Raphael's role in a recent crime was?
(a) He was a victim.
(b) He was part of the vigilante mob who caught the thief.
(c) He was the ringleader.
(d) He was the reporter who covered the story.
9. What does Okenwa eat with his parents each visit?
(a) Rice and stew.
(b) Yams and soup.
(c) Pepper soup and bean cakes.
(d) Fish and rice.
10. What was Okenwa's mother's profession before retirement?
(a) Political Science professor.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) TV personality.
(d) Cardiologist.
11. What is the name of the Chief who young house help had mysteriously died according do the narrator's parents?
(a) Chief Okey.
(b) Chief Okwi.
(c) Chief Okenwa.
(d) Chief Okeke.
12. Who is said to have murdered the Chief's young househelp according to the narrator's parents?
(a) The Chief's brother.
(b) The Chief's wife.
(c) The girl's father.
(d) The Chief himself.
13. What do the narrator's parents tell him a sick neighbor from their hometown vomited once?
(a) A dead cat.
(b) A necklace.
(c) A live grasshopper.
(d) An old shoe.
14. Why was the houseboy just before Raphael fired?
(a) For insulting Okenwa's mother.
(b) For being a terrible cook.
(c) For hitting Okenwa.
(d) For not cleaning well.
15. How old was Okenwa when he first met Raphael?
(a) 4.
(b) 18.
(c) 12.
(d) 8.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where did Okenwa's parents meet?
2. What is the name of the city the narrator's parents live at the start of the story?
3. What is something that the narrator says has changed physically about his parents since retirement?
4. How did Okenwa know Raphael?
5. Why does Okenwa's mother assume he would not remember Raphael?
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