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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 is the name of Zikora's brother from her father's second wife?
(a) Uchenna.
(b) Ugochi.
(c) Udama.
(d) Ugonna.

2. How old is Mmiliaku's youngest when she calls Zikora from Nitel?
(a) 6 years.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 6 weeks.
(d) 16.

3. How does the narrator describe the expression her mother gives her when Zikora asks Dr. K how he would know how childbirth feels?
(a) Icy.
(b) Warm.
(c) Humorous.
(d) Disappointed.

4. At what event did Zikora first meet her baby's father?
(a) A gala.
(b) A friend's party.
(c) A book launch.
(d) A wedding.

5. What does the narrator do before moving to the edge of the bed and vomiting?
(a) She says she feels sick.
(b) She takes off her hospital gown.
(c) She cries.
(d) She asks everyone to leave.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Zikora feel she is disgracing her mother in the delivery room?

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

3. What does Zikora tell Kwame on the night they break up?

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

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

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