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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 is not nursing well.
(b) She realizes he looks like her mother.
(c) She realizes she would die for him.
(d) She realizes he looks like Kwame.

2. What do Zikora and her mother disagree about after the baby is born?
(a) What to name him.
(b) Whether he should be baptized.
(c) Whether to tell Kwame or not.
(d) Whether or not to circumcise him.

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

4. How does Zikora describe the woman she says she will never forget from Planned Parenthood?
(a) An Asian American woman with long, dark hair.
(b) An African American woman with short pressed hair.
(c) An Eastern European woman with wavy hair.
(d) An American woman with short gray hair.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zikora avoid eating when she first finds out she is pregnant?

2. What does Zikora sometimes do on the weekends, which Mmiliaku advises her to stop doing?

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

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

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

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