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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Zikora's mother say immediately after Zikora gives birth to her son?
(a) She congratulates her and says he is beautiful.
(b) She says he is too small.
(c) She says it is a shame he will not have a father.
(d) She says he looks just like Zikora.

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

4. What does Mmiliaku's friend do on her blog?
(a) She interviews men anonymously.
(b) She writes about homeschooling.
(c) She writes about being single in a big city.
(d) She shares her favorite recipes.

5. How does the narrator's mother respond to her expression of pain during labor?
(a) She cannot bear to see her in pain and leaves the room.
(b) She is unmoved.
(c) She is gentle.
(d) She talks her through the pain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What realization about her son does Zikora have which she shares with her mother?

2. What country did the narrator read has the highest maternal mortality rate?

3. What does Kwame say to Zikora in regards to her decision to have the baby?

4. What does Zikora say is not Kwame's "fighting tool" (13)?

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

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