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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 about the smaller nurse bothers Zikora to the point that she decides she will write a complaint after?
(a) Her fake eyelashes.
(b) Her long fingernails.
(c) Her cellphone use.
(d) Her rude demeanor.

2. What did Zikora's mother do after Zikora accepted food at Aunty Nwanneka's house when they went to visit her new baby?
(a) She hugged her.
(b) She slapped her.
(c) She told her she should live with them.
(d) She said she understood and apologized.

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

4. 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 can manage.
(c) She does not need an epidural.
(d) My pleasure.

5. What does Kwame do with his copy of Zikora's apartment key?
(a) He mails it to her.
(b) He tells her to come get it.
(c) He refuses to give it back.
(d) He makes extra copies of it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What friend of Mmiliaku's writes a blog which Mmiliaku recommends to Zikora?

2. 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?

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

4. Why does Zikora feel she is disgracing her mother in the delivery room?

5. How many women work in Zikora's law office?

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