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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 does Zikora say her mother does when she picks up her son at the end of the story?
(a) She sings to him.
(b) She swaddles him.
(c) She inhales him.
(d) She changes his diaper.

2. What does Mmiliaku tell Zikora when she expresses her confusion at Kwame's surprise that she is pregnant?
(a) Mmiliaku tells her men do not understand women's bodies.
(b) Mmiliaku tells her he is playing dumb.
(c) Mmiliaku tells her all men are evil.
(d) Mmiliaku asks Zikora why she expects more from a man.

3. What distant family member does the narrator think of who died during childbirth?
(a) Mmiliaku.
(b) Nwanneka.
(c) Chinyere.
(d) Ugonna.

4. How long after her son's birth does Zikora's father call her?
(a) 1 month.
(b) 1 hour.
(c) 1 week.
(d) 1 day.

5. Who does Zikora feel the urge to hide from on they way home from the hospital?
(a) The taxi driver.
(b) Her mother and son.
(c) Kwame.
(d) Her father.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what ways does Zikora feel Kwame is unlike other successful Black men she knew?

3. What does Aunty Nwanneka tell Zikora after her son's birth?

4. Why does Zikora feel she is disgracing her mother in the delivery room?

5. Why does Zikora ultimately decide not to call Kwame after her she and her son are home?

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