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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 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 said she understood and apologized.
(d) She slapped her.

2. What about the smaller nurse bothers Zikora to the point that she decides she will write a complaint after?
(a) Her cellphone use.
(b) Her rude demeanor.
(c) Her long fingernails.
(d) Her fake eyelashes.

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

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

5. In what ways does Zikora feel Kwame is unlike other successful Black men she knew?
(a) He does not dress well.
(b) He is not wealthy.
(c) He is rude.
(d) He is not arrogant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What country did the narrator read has the highest maternal mortality rate?

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

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

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

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