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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 2 - 10 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Zikora feel when Kwame expresses his disapproval for the way Emmanuel treats Mmiliaku?
(a) She feels it sets him apart from men like Emmanuel.
(b) She feels Kwame should have a talk with Emmanuel.
(c) She feels offended because Mmiliaku is her cousin.
(d) She worries Kwame is only pretending to disapprove.

2. What does the narrator do before moving to the edge of the bed and vomiting?
(a) She takes off her hospital gown.
(b) She says she feels sick.
(c) She asks everyone to leave.
(d) She cries.

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

4. What does Zikora tell Kwame on the night they break up?
(a) She does not love him anymore.
(b) She thinks she might be pregnant.
(c) She is moving back to Africa.
(d) She has been having an affair.

5. At what event did Zikora first meet her baby's father?
(a) A friend's party.
(b) A gala.
(c) A book launch.
(d) A wedding.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the nurse tell the narrator she will get soon when the narrator asks for it at the beginning of the story?

2. What does Zikora call her father's second wife?

3. What is the name of the hospital where Zikora is giving birth?

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

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

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