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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. 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) An epidural.
(c) Her baby.
(d) A drink of water.

3. What did Zikora's mother say when her husband's second wife offered them fish and plantains when they came to visit the new baby?
(a) She said she hates fish.
(b) She said they already ate.
(c) She said she would never eat food in their house.
(d) She ignored the offered.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zikora brag to her cousin Mmiliaku when talking of her relationship with Kwame?

2. What word becomes Zikora and Kwame's word to describe a variety of things after they begin dating?

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 does Zikora's mother say when asked if she can help still Zikora for the epidural?

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

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