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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What country did the narrator read has the highest maternal mortality rate?

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

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

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

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

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