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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) Aunty Nwanneka.
(b) Mama Nwanneka.
(c) Aunty Uzo.
(d) Mama Uzo.

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

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

4. 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) Anything to help my child.
(c) She can manage.
(d) My pleasure.

5. What is the name of Zikora's child's father?
(a) Kwame.
(b) Kali.
(c) Ugonna.
(d) Kinah.

Short Answer Questions

1. What about the smaller nurse bothers Zikora to the point that she decides she will write a complaint after?

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

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

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

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

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