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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 cries.
(d) She takes off her hospital gown.

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

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 going to ruin her life.
(c) He tells her she made a decision that excludes him.
(d) He tells her it is the best thing that ever happened to him.

4. Why does Zikora feel she is disgracing her mother in the delivery room?
(a) Because she did not tell the father she was pregnant.
(b) Because she did not tell her mother who the father is.
(c) Because the father is not there.
(d) She feels she is not handling the pain with dignity.

5. How does Zikora send money to Mmiliaku after she calls her from Nitel?
(a) Paypal.
(b) Western Union.
(c) Venmo.
(d) She mailed it.

Short Answer Questions

1. While nursing the baby after having him circumcised, what does Zikora do and why?

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

3. What does Mmiliaku's friend do on her blog?

4. How old was Zikora when her father married a second wife?

5. What confession does Zikora make to her mother, which her mother says is better left unsaid?

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