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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 doctor know about Zikora's mother which makes her wonder when she would have told him?
(a) That her husband took a second wife.
(b) That she had a hysterectomy.
(c) That she left her family to bring Zikora to America.
(d) That she owns two private schools in Nigeria.

2. What word becomes Zikora and Kwame's word to describe a variety of things after they begin dating?
(a) Fancy.
(b) Nutty.
(c) Cookie.
(d) Tasty.

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 been having unprotected sex for some time.
(c) They have talked about having children.
(d) She did not expect him to be so happy.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zikora call her father's second wife?

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

3. What did Zikora's mother do after Zikora accepted food at Aunty Nwanneka's house when they went to visit her new baby?

4. How does the narrator describe the expression her mother gives her when Zikora asks Dr. K how he would know how childbirth feels?

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

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