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

2. What is Zikora's law school presentation about for which she discusses her mother's life?
(a) Hysterectomies among African women.
(b) Divorce rates in Nigeria.
(c) Igbo property laws.
(d) Private schools in Nigeria.

3. Where is the narrator at the start of "Zikora: A Short Story"?
(a) Her mother's home.
(b) The hospital.
(c) Her apartment.
(d) The lawfirm.

4. What realization about her son does Zikora have which she shares with her mother?
(a) She realizes she would die for him.
(b) She realizes he is not nursing well.
(c) She realizes he looks like her mother.
(d) She realizes he looks like Kwame.

5. How long after her son's birth does Zikora's father call her?
(a) 1 hour.
(b) 1 month.
(c) 1 day.
(d) 1 week.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the narrator's mother respond to her expression of pain during labor?

3. Where does Zikora discover many men learn about women's bodies?

4. What does Mmiliaku call Zikora from Nitel to tell her?

5. Who does Zikora's mother call to come to the apartment when they first come home from the hospital?

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