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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 10 - 24 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Zikora avoid eating when she first finds out she is pregnant?
(a) Cheese.
(b) Steak.
(c) Deli Meat.
(d) Sushi.

2. What is the name of the hospital where Zikora is giving birth?
(a) East Memorial.
(b) West Memorial.
(c) St. Luke's.
(d) St. Anne's.

3. What does Zikora's mother say when asked if she can help still Zikora for the epidural?
(a) My pleasure.
(b) Anything to help my child.
(c) She does not need an epidural.
(d) She can manage.

4. What does Kwame do with his copy of Zikora's apartment key?
(a) He tells her to come get it.
(b) He makes extra copies of it.
(c) He refuses to give it back.
(d) He mails it to her.

5. What does Zikora's mother say immediately after Zikora gives birth to her son?
(a) She congratulates her and says he is beautiful.
(b) She says it is a shame he will not have a father.
(c) She says he is too small.
(d) She says he looks just like Zikora.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What realization about her son does Zikora have which she shares with her mother?

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

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

5. How old was Zikora when her father married a second wife?

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