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

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

3. 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 fake eyelashes.
(c) Her rude demeanor.
(d) Her long fingernails.

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

5. What does Zikora brag to her cousin Mmiliaku when talking of her relationship with Kwame?
(a) She says they are a better couple than Mmiliaku and her husband.
(b) She brags of their world travels.
(c) She brags of how much money he makes.
(d) She says it is an example of why one should not settle.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Zikora feel when Kwame expresses his disapproval for the way Emmanuel treats Mmiliaku?

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

3. What does the nurse tell the narrator she will get soon when the narrator asks for it at the beginning of the story?

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

5. 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?

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