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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 word becomes Zikora and Kwame's word to describe a variety of things after they begin dating?
(a) Cookie.
(b) Nutty.
(c) Fancy.
(d) Tasty.

2. What does Zikora say is not Kwame's "fighting tool" (13)?
(a) Cruelty.
(b) Cheating.
(c) Silence.
(d) Condescension.

3. Where is the narrator at the start of "Zikora: A Short Story"?
(a) Her mother's home.
(b) The lawfirm.
(c) Her apartment.
(d) The hospital.

4. How does the narrator's mother respond to her expression of pain during labor?
(a) She talks her through the pain.
(b) She is gentle.
(c) She cannot bear to see her in pain and leaves the room.
(d) She is unmoved.

5. What does the nurse tell the narrator she will get soon when the narrator asks for it at the beginning of the story?
(a) Her gown.
(b) A drink of water.
(c) Her baby.
(d) An epidural.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Zikora's mother say immediately after Zikora gives birth to her son?

4. What distant family member does the narrator think of who died during childbirth?

5. How do Zikora and Mmiliaku communicate most often?

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