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

2. Why does Zikora feel she is disgracing her mother in the delivery room?
(a) Because she did not tell her mother who the father is.
(b) Because the father is not there.
(c) She feels she is not handling the pain with dignity.
(d) Because she did not tell the father she was pregnant.

3. 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.

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

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) Humorous.
(b) Disappointed.
(c) Icy.
(d) Warm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zikora tell Kwame on the night they break up?

2. What does the narrator do before moving to the edge of the bed and vomiting?

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

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

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

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