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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 24 - 32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Zikora feel she is disgracing her mother in the delivery room?
(a) Because she did not tell her mother who the father is.
(b) Because the father is not there.
(c) She feels she is not handling the pain with dignity.
(d) Because she did not tell the father she was pregnant.

2. While nursing the baby after having him circumcised, what does Zikora do and why?
(a) She eats because she is famished.
(b) She nods off because she is exhausted.
(c) She calls Kwame because she misses him.
(d) She cries and wonders why she had him circumcised.

3. What does Mmiliaku's friend do on her blog?
(a) She writes about being single in a big city.
(b) She interviews men anonymously.
(c) She writes about homeschooling.
(d) She shares her favorite recipes.

4. Where is the narrator at the start of "Zikora: A Short Story"?
(a) Her mother's home.
(b) Her apartment.
(c) The hospital.
(d) The lawfirm.

5. Why does Zikora's father decide to take a second wife?
(a) Because her mother cannot have children.
(b) Because it is family tradition.
(c) Because her mother needs help around the house.
(d) Because he fell in love with someone new.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Kwame born?

2. At what event did Zikora first meet her baby's father?

3. What does Zikora's mother tell her when Zikora worries the baby cries too much?

4. Why does Zikora's father say he is unable to come see the baby?

5. What does Zikora's mother say immediately after Zikora gives birth to her son?

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