View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 24 - 32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many children does Mmiliaku have when she calls Zikora from Nitel?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

2. How do Zikora, her son, and her mother get to her apartment after they leave the hospital?
(a) Zikora's car.
(b) Uber.
(c) Taxi.
(d) Bus.

3. What does Zikora's mother tell her in regards to her father taking a second wife as if it is a victory?
(a) That she is his first love.
(b) That he will live with them.
(c) That she will always be the first wife.
(d) That she gave birth to his oldest child.

4. What do Zikora and her mother disagree about after the baby is born?
(a) Whether to tell Kwame or not.
(b) Whether he should be baptized.
(c) Whether or not to circumcise him.
(d) What to name him.

5. 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) She feels she is not handling the pain with dignity.
(c) Because she did not tell the father she was pregnant.
(d) Because the father is not there.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zikora remember her Aunty Uzo telling her mother after her father married Aunty Nwanneka?

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

3. How is Zikora's father described?

4. Where does Zikora's mother want her to go to university when she is younger?

5. Why does Zikora ultimately decide not to call Kwame after her she and her son are home?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 317 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample