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

2. What does Zikora want to prove will not get in the way of her work at the law firm?
(a) Her relationship with Kwame.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Pregnancy and parenthood.
(d) Her father.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the hospital where Zikora is giving birth?

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

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

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

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

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