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

2. What realization about her son does Zikora have which she shares with her mother?
(a) She realizes he looks like Kwame.
(b) She realizes he is not nursing well.
(c) She realizes he looks like her mother.
(d) She realizes she would die for him.

3. What about the smaller nurse bothers Zikora to the point that she decides she will write a complaint after?
(a) Her cellphone use.
(b) Her fake eyelashes.
(c) Her rude demeanor.
(d) Her long fingernails.

4. What does Zikora's mother say when asked if she can help still Zikora for the epidural?
(a) Anything to help my child.
(b) My pleasure.
(c) She does not need an epidural.
(d) She can manage.

5. What did Zikora's mother say when her husband's second wife offered them fish and plantains when they came to visit the new baby?
(a) She ignored the offered.
(b) She said they already ate.
(c) She said she would never eat food in their house.
(d) She said she hates fish.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Zikora send money to Mmiliaku after she calls her from Nitel?

2. What does Kwame say to Zikora in regards to her decision to have the baby?

3. What is one of the reasons Zikora is surprised at Kwame's reaction to her pregnancy?

4. What is the name of Zikora's child's father?

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

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