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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 wealthy.
(b) He does not dress well.
(c) He is rude.
(d) He is not arrogant.

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

3. Where is the narrator at the start of "Zikora: A Short Story"?
(a) The hospital.
(b) Her mother's home.
(c) The lawfirm.
(d) Her apartment.

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 tells her to leave him alone.
(d) He calls her right away.

5. What does Mmiliaku call Zikora from Nitel to tell her?
(a) She is going to university.
(b) She has left her husband.
(c) She is moving to America.
(d) She is pregnant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Zikora and her mother disagree about after the baby is born?

2. How does the narrator's mother respond to her expression of pain during labor?

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

4. How does the narrator feel about the way the nurse tells her she is not progressing?

5. What does Zikora want to prove will not get in the way of her work at the law firm?

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