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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does ZIkora's mother suggest she call after she has been home with her son for awhile?
(a) Kwame's parents.
(b) Her father.
(c) Aunty Zwanneka.
(d) Kwame.

2. Who rushes to the baby when he cries at the very end of "Zikora: A Short Story"?
(a) Kwame.
(b) Zikora's mother.
(c) Zikora.
(d) Mmiliaku.

3. Who does Zikora's mother call to come to the apartment when they first come home from the hospital?
(a) Zikora's cousin.
(b) Kwame.
(c) Zikora's father.
(d) A lactation nurse.

4. What about the smaller nurse bothers Zikora to the point that she decides she will write a complaint after?
(a) Her cellphone use.
(b) Her fake eyelashes.
(c) Her rude demeanor.
(d) Her long fingernails.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Kwame respond to Zikora's text telling him how far along she is?

2. Where does Zikora's father call her from to congratulate her on her son's birth?

3. How does the narrator describe the expression her mother gives her when Zikora asks Dr. K how he would know how childbirth feels?

4. What is one of the reasons Zikora is surprised at Kwame's reaction to her pregnancy?

5. What does Zikora say her mother does when she picks up her son at the end of the story?

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