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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 10 - 24 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What realization about her son does Zikora have which she shares with her mother?
(a) She realizes he looks like Kwame.
(b) She realizes he is not nursing well.
(c) She realizes she would die for him.
(d) She realizes he looks like her mother.

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

3. What is one of the reasons Zikora is surprised at Kwame's reaction to her pregnancy?
(a) She did not expect him to be so happy.
(b) They have been having unprotected sex for some time.
(c) They have talked about having children.
(d) He tells her she got pregnant so he would not break up with her.

4. 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 does not love him anymore.
(d) She thinks she might be pregnant.

5. What does Kwame say to Zikora in regards to her decision to have the baby?
(a) He tells her it is going to ruin her life.
(b) He tells her he thought she never wanted children.
(c) He tells her she made a decision that excludes him.
(d) He tells her it is the best thing that ever happened to him.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Zikora's mother say immediately after Zikora gives birth to her son?

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

5. At what event did Zikora first meet her baby's father?

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