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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the Chief who young house help had mysteriously died according do the narrator's parents?
(a) Chief Okenwa.
(b) Chief Okeke.
(c) Chief Okey.
(d) Chief Okwi.

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

3. What is the name of the city the narrator's parents live at the start of the story?
(a) Enugu.
(b) Port Harcourt.
(c) Lagos.
(d) Nigeria.

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

5. What does Okenwa think each time he leaves his parents after a visit?
(a) When will they stop asking so many questions.
(b) He hopes it's the last time he sees them.
(c) He hopes they are proud of him.
(d) It may be the last time he sees them alive.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Okenwa when he first met Raphael?

2. Why did one of Okenwa's family houseboys, John, leave after breaking a plate?

3. What day of the week does Okenwa visit his parents?

4. Where did Okenwa's parents meet?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the "incredible stories" Okenwa's parents tell him on his visits?

2. What has changed about Okenwa's parents since retirement?

3. Where did Okenwa's parents meet? How did their parents feel about their union?

4. How does Okenwa describe his elderly parents at the start of the story?

5. What does Okenwa's mother say had happened during a visit in Okenwa? Who did they know who was involved?

6. What does Okenwa imagine would be different if he did have a family, as his parents hoped? Why?

7. What is the narrator doing at the start of "Apollo"?

8. Why does Okenwa's mother think he would not remember Raphael?

9. How did Okenwa feel about reading compared to his parents?

10. How did Okenwa feel about going to the staff club to play badminton with his parents?

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