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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Zikora's mother say when asked if she can help still Zikora for the epidural?
(a) Anything to help my child.
(b) She does not need an epidural.
(c) My pleasure.
(d) She can manage.

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

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

5. How does the narrator feel about the way the nurse tells her she is not progressing?
(a) She feels confused.
(b) She feels she is being blamed.
(c) She feels soothed.
(d) She feels something is wrong.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What is the name of Zikora's brother from her father's second wife?

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

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

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

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