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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Zikora's brother from her father's second wife?
(a) Ugochi.
(b) Uchenna.
(c) Ugonna.
(d) Udama.

2. What is the name of Zikora's child's father?
(a) Ugonna.
(b) Kali.
(c) Kinah.
(d) Kwame.

3. Where does Zikora ultimately decide to go to university?
(a) The UK.
(b) America.
(c) Australia.
(d) France.

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

5. What does Zikora say about the image of her mother turning away like she did when she came home from Aunty Nwanneka's house?
(a) It is a surprise.
(b) It is a recurring image.
(c) It is a relief.
(d) It is a repulsive image.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zikora see "the future dead with" (30) in relation to Kwame?

2. How is Zikora's father described?

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

4. What does Zikora say her mother does when she picks up her son at the end of the story?

5. What does Aunty Nwanneka tell Zikora after her son's birth?

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