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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the narrator at the start of "Zikora: A Short Story"?
(a) Her mother's home.
(b) The lawfirm.
(c) Her apartment.
(d) The hospital.

2. What does the narrator do before moving to the edge of the bed and vomiting?
(a) She says she feels sick.
(b) She cries.
(c) She asks everyone to leave.
(d) She takes off her hospital gown.

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

4. What distant family member does the narrator think of who died during childbirth?
(a) Ugonna.
(b) Chinyere.
(c) Mmiliaku.
(d) Nwanneka.

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

2. What does Zikora call her father's second wife?

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

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

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

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