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

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

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

4. How do Zikora and Mmiliaku communicate most often?
(a) Letter writing.
(b) Facebook.
(c) FaceTime.
(d) AOL messenger.

5. In what ways does Zikora feel Kwame is unlike other successful Black men she knew?
(a) He is not wealthy.
(b) He is not arrogant.
(c) He does not dress well.
(d) He is rude.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old is Mmiliaku's youngest when she calls Zikora from Nitel?

3. Where is the narrator at the start of "Zikora: A Short Story"?

4. What does Zikora's mother say when asked if she can help still Zikora for the epidural?

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

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