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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 Aunty Nwanneka tell Zikora after her son's birth?
(a) She should have had the father there.
(b) She cannot wait to meet him in person.
(c) She is lucky she had a boy.
(d) God has blessed them.

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

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

4. Why does Zikora's father say he is unable to come see the baby?
(a) He cannot afford a ticket.
(b) He has a cold.
(c) His wife is pregnant.
(d) His son is graduating college.

5. What does Zikora's mother say to her father the day he moves out?
(a) Please don't go.
(b) Good riddance.
(c) Take your daughter with you.
(d) Moving in with his second wife is not part of their agreement.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Zikora ultimately decide to go to university?

3. How does the narrator feel about the way the nurse tells her she is not progressing?

4. What country did the narrator read has the highest maternal mortality rate?

5. What does Mmiliaku's friend do on her blog?

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