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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 confession does Zikora make to her mother, which her mother says is better left unsaid?
(a) She confesses that she does not love her.
(b) She confesses that she does not want the child.
(c) She confesses that she has had an abortion.
(d) She confesses that Kwame does not love her.

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

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

4. 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 refuses to give it back.
(d) He tells her to come get it.

5. What country did the narrator read has the highest maternal mortality rate?
(a) New Zealand.
(b) America.
(c) Canada.
(d) Australia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Zikora's brother from her father's second wife?

2. What does Zikora say is not Kwame's "fighting tool" (13)?

3. What does Mmiliaku tell Zikora when she expresses her confusion at Kwame's surprise that she is pregnant?

4. Where is the narrator at the start of "Zikora: A Short Story"?

5. In what ways does Zikora feel Kwame is unlike other successful Black men she knew?

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