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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 Zikora feel when Kwame expresses his disapproval for the way Emmanuel treats Mmiliaku?
(a) She worries Kwame is only pretending to disapprove.
(b) She feels it sets him apart from men like Emmanuel.
(c) She feels Kwame should have a talk with Emmanuel.
(d) She feels offended because Mmiliaku is her cousin.

2. What does Zikora's mother say when asked if she can help still Zikora for the epidural?
(a) She does not need an epidural.
(b) She can manage.
(c) My pleasure.
(d) Anything to help my child.

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

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

5. 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 does not love him anymore.
(d) She is moving back to Africa.

Short Answer 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?

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

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

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

5. What does Zikora call her father's second wife?

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