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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is said to have murdered the Chief's young househelp according to the narrator's parents?
(a) The girl's father.
(b) The Chief's brother.
(c) The Chief himself.
(d) The Chief's wife.

3. Who is the author of "Apollo"?
(a) Chinua Achebe.
(b) Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
(c) Otessa Moshfegh.
(d) Amanda Ngozi.

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

5. What do the narrator's parents often watch on television at the start of the story?
(a) Animal Planet.
(b) All My Children.
(c) American Idol.
(d) Cat videos on YouTube.

6. What does Okenwa's mother tell him Raphael's role in a recent crime was?
(a) He was the reporter who covered the story.
(b) He was a victim.
(c) He was the ringleader.
(d) He was part of the vigilante mob who caught the thief.

7. Where does Okenwa live?
(a) Enugu.
(b) Benin City.
(c) Port Harcourt.
(d) Lagos.

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

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

10. Why did one of Okenwa's family houseboys, John, leave after breaking a plate?
(a) He broke the plate and left after an argument with Okenwa.
(b) He could not afford to replace the plate.
(c) He feared how Okenwa's mother would react.
(d) He feared how Okenwa's father would react.

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

12. 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 going to die soon.
(c) His wife was pregnant.
(d) He was being punished for a wicked sin.

13. Whose films did Okenwa watch obsessively when he was young?
(a) Arnold Schwarzenegger.
(b) John Wayne.
(c) Robin Williams.
(d) Bruce Lee.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What did Raphael and Okenwa first bond over when he worked for them?

4. What was the Chief's murdered househelp's liver said to be used for according to the narrator's parents?

5. What did Okenwa's parents put in his room, which made his "stay feel transient" (3)?

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