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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 in regards to her father taking a second wife as if it is a victory?
(a) That she gave birth to his oldest child.
(b) That she will always be the first wife.
(c) That she is his first love.
(d) That he will live with them.

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

3. How do Zikora, her son, and her mother get to her apartment after they leave the hospital?
(a) Zikora's car.
(b) Bus.
(c) Uber.
(d) Taxi.

4. While nursing the baby after having him circumcised, what does Zikora do and why?
(a) She calls Kwame because she misses him.
(b) She eats because she is famished.
(c) She cries and wonders why she had him circumcised.
(d) She nods off because she is exhausted.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At what event did Zikora first meet her baby's father?

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

3. How does Zikora describe the woman she says she will never forget from Planned Parenthood?

4. What did Zikora's mother do after Zikora accepted food at Aunty Nwanneka's house when they went to visit her new baby?

5. How does the narrator's mother respond to her expression of pain during labor?

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