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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 distant family member does the narrator think of who died during childbirth?
(a) Ugonna.
(b) Chinyere.
(c) Nwanneka.
(d) Mmiliaku.

2. What does the doctor know about Zikora's mother which makes her wonder when she would have told him?
(a) That she left her family to bring Zikora to America.
(b) That she owns two private schools in Nigeria.
(c) That she had a hysterectomy.
(d) That her husband took a second wife.

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

4. How many women work in Zikora's law office?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

5. How does the narrator feel about the way the nurse tells her she is not progressing?
(a) She feels something is wrong.
(b) She feels confused.
(c) She feels soothed.
(d) She feels she is being blamed.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How many children does Mmiliaku have when she calls Zikora from Nitel?

4. What does the nurse tell the narrator she will get soon when the narrator asks for it at the beginning of the story?

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

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