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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Zikora's law school presentation about for which she discusses her mother's life?
(a) Hysterectomies among African women.
(b) Igbo property laws.
(c) Divorce rates in Nigeria.
(d) Private schools in Nigeria.

2. At what event did Zikora first meet her baby's father?
(a) A wedding.
(b) A book launch.
(c) A friend's party.
(d) A gala.

3. How does the narrator's mother respond to her expression of pain during labor?
(a) She is gentle.
(b) She cannot bear to see her in pain and leaves the room.
(c) She talks her through the pain.
(d) She is unmoved.

4. How do Zikora and Mmiliaku communicate most often?
(a) Facebook.
(b) AOL messenger.
(c) FaceTime.
(d) Letter writing.

5. What does Zikora notice happens to the baby when her mother holds him?
(a) He stops crying.
(b) He giggles.
(c) He cries more.
(d) He falls asleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zikora call her father's second wife?

2. What does Zikora go to Planned Parenthood for when she is 19?

3. What about the smaller nurse bothers Zikora to the point that she decides she will write a complaint after?

4. Where is the narrator at the start of "Zikora: A Short Story"?

5. How does Zikora send money to Mmiliaku after she calls her from Nitel?

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