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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Zikora's father decide to take a second wife?
(a) Because he fell in love with someone new.
(b) Because her mother cannot have children.
(c) Because it is family tradition.
(d) Because her mother needs help around the house.

2. What does Kwame say to Zikora in regards to her decision to have the baby?
(a) He tells her she made a decision that excludes him.
(b) He tells her it is the best thing that ever happened to him.
(c) He tells her he thought she never wanted children.
(d) He tells her it is going to ruin her life.

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

4. What does Zikora's mother ask of her on the day of the event at Aunty Nwanneka's house?
(a) She asks her to be polite.
(b) She asks her to get her father to come home.
(c) She asks her to bring a gift.
(d) She asks her not to go.

5. What does Kwame do with his copy of Zikora's apartment key?
(a) He mails it to her.
(b) He refuses to give it back.
(c) He tells her to come get it.
(d) He makes extra copies of it.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator feel about the way the nurse tells her she is not progressing?

2. Who rushes to the baby when he cries at the very end of "Zikora: A Short Story"?

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

4. What confession does Zikora make to her mother, which her mother says is better left unsaid?

5. What realization about her son does Zikora have which she shares with her mother?

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