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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Zikora feel when Kwame expresses his disapproval for the way Emmanuel treats Mmiliaku?
(a) She worries Kwame is only pretending to disapprove.
(b) She feels Kwame should have a talk with Emmanuel.
(c) She feels offended because Mmiliaku is her cousin.
(d) She feels it sets him apart from men like Emmanuel.

2. What does Zikora sometimes do on the weekends, which Mmiliaku advises her to stop doing?
(a) Exercise.
(b) Go on dates.
(c) Working.
(d) Read Kwame's old texts.

3. How old was Zikora when her father married a second wife?
(a) 16.
(b) 8.
(c) 12.
(d) 9.

4. How does Kwame respond to Zikora's text telling him how far along she is?
(a) He tells her it is manipulative.
(b) He tells her he is overjoyed.
(c) He calls her right away.
(d) He tells her to leave him alone.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Zikora's mother say immediately after Zikora gives birth to her son?

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

4. What does the doctor know about Zikora's mother which makes her wonder when she would have told him?

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

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