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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 mother doing when Zikora returns from the event at Aunty Nwanneka's house?
(a) Reading.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Cleaning.
(d) Sleeping.

2. What do Zikora and her mother disagree about after the baby is born?
(a) Whether or not to circumcise him.
(b) Whether he should be baptized.
(c) What to name him.
(d) Whether to tell Kwame or not.

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

4. What does Zikora sometimes do on the weekends, which Mmiliaku advises her to stop doing?
(a) Working.
(b) Read Kwame's old texts.
(c) Exercise.
(d) Go on dates.

5. What is one of the reasons Zikora is surprised at Kwame's reaction to her pregnancy?
(a) They have talked about having children.
(b) He tells her she got pregnant so he would not break up with her.
(c) They have been having unprotected sex for some time.
(d) She did not expect him to be so happy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What confession does Zikora make to her mother, which her mother says is better left unsaid?

2. What do Zikora's father and Aunty Nwanneka deliberately avoid asking Zikora about after the baby is born?

3. Why does Zikora's father decide to take a second wife?

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

5. What is the name of Zikora's brother from her father's second wife?

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