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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 the narrator describe the expression her mother gives her when Zikora asks Dr. K how he would know how childbirth feels?
(a) Disappointed.
(b) Warm.
(c) Icy.
(d) Humorous.

2. What is the name of Zikora's child's father?
(a) Ugonna.
(b) Kwame.
(c) Kinah.
(d) Kali.

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

4. 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 ignored the offered.
(c) She said she would never eat food in their house.
(d) She said they already ate.

5. What did Zikora's mother do after Zikora accepted food at Aunty Nwanneka's house when they went to visit her new baby?
(a) She told her she should live with them.
(b) She hugged her.
(c) She slapped her.
(d) She said she understood and apologized.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator feel about the way the nurse tells her she is not progressing?

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

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

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

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

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