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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 2 - 10 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what event did Zikora first meet her baby's father?
(a) A friend's party.
(b) A book launch.
(c) A gala.
(d) A wedding.

2. How old was Zikora when her father married a second wife?
(a) 12.
(b) 16.
(c) 9.
(d) 8.

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

4. How does the narrator's mother respond to her expression of pain during labor?
(a) She cannot bear to see her in pain and leaves the room.
(b) She talks her through the pain.
(c) She is gentle.
(d) She is unmoved.

5. What does Zikora call her father's second wife?
(a) Mama Nwanneka.
(b) Mama Uzo.
(c) Aunty Uzo.
(d) Aunty Nwanneka.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Zikora's mother say when asked if she can help still Zikora for the epidural?

4. What did Zikora's mother do after Zikora accepted food at Aunty Nwanneka's house when they went to visit her new baby?

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

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