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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 feel about the way the nurse tells her she is not progressing?
(a) She feels soothed.
(b) She feels something is wrong.
(c) She feels confused.
(d) She feels she is being blamed.

2. 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 slapped her.
(b) She hugged her.
(c) She told her she should live with them.
(d) She said she understood and apologized.

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

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

5. 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) Humorous.
(c) Warm.
(d) Icy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Zikora feel she is disgracing her mother in the delivery room?

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

4. What is the name of Zikora's child's father?

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

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