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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 is the name of Zikora's brother from her father's second wife?
(a) Uchenna.
(b) Ugonna.
(c) Ugochi.
(d) Udama.

2. What does Zikora brag to her cousin Mmiliaku when talking of her relationship with Kwame?
(a) She says they are a better couple than Mmiliaku and her husband.
(b) She says it is an example of why one should not settle.
(c) She brags of their world travels.
(d) She brags of how much money he makes.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what ways does Zikora feel Kwame is unlike other successful Black men she knew?

3. What about the smaller nurse bothers Zikora to the point that she decides she will write a complaint after?

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

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

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