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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's mother tell her when Zikora worries the baby cries too much?
(a) Something is wrong.
(b) He cries too much.
(c) Some babies just cry.
(d) He has a bad attitude.

2. What does Zikora worry might happen to her while she uses her sitz bath after her son's birth?
(a) She might be a bad mother.
(b) She might die.
(c) She might get an infection.
(d) She might not go back to work.

3. What does Zikora's mother say when Zikora says she does not know what she will do when her mother leaves?
(a) She needs a husband.
(b) Her visa is a long stay.
(c) She should get a nanny.
(d) She will be fine.

4. What realization about her son does Zikora have which she shares with her mother?
(a) She realizes he looks like Kwame.
(b) She realizes she would die for him.
(c) She realizes he looks like her mother.
(d) She realizes he is not nursing well.

5. What does Zikora consider doing so she can call Kwame?
(a) Calling from a payphone.
(b) Calling from her office phone.
(c) Using her mother's phone.
(d) Getting a new phone number.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Zikora's mother tell her in regards to her father taking a second wife as if it is a victory?

4. What does the doctor know about Zikora's mother which makes her wonder when she would have told him?

5. At what stage of her pregnancy does Zikora text Kwame from the elevator after her appointment?

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