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

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

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

5. What does Zikora tell Kwame on the night they break up?
(a) She has been having an affair.
(b) She is moving back to Africa.
(c) She thinks she might be pregnant.
(d) She does not love him anymore.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. How does the narrator's mother respond to her expression of pain during labor?

4. How does the narrator describe the expression her mother gives her when Zikora asks Dr. K how he would know how childbirth feels?

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

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