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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 call her father's second wife?
(a) Mama Uzo.
(b) Aunty Nwanneka.
(c) Mama Nwanneka.
(d) Aunty Uzo.

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

3. What friend of Mmiliaku's writes a blog which Mmiliaku recommends to Zikora?
(a) Ammara.
(b) Amaka.
(c) Kwame.
(d) Malika.

4. What does Zikora's mother say immediately after Zikora gives birth to her son?
(a) She says it is a shame he will not have a father.
(b) She says he is too small.
(c) She congratulates her and says he is beautiful.
(d) She says he looks just like Zikora.

5. What does Zikora say her mother does when she picks up her son at the end of the story?
(a) She changes his diaper.
(b) She swaddles him.
(c) She sings to him.
(d) She inhales him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What country did the narrator read has the highest maternal mortality rate?

2. What does Zikora's mother tell her in regards to her father taking a second wife as if it is a victory?

3. How is Zikora's father described?

4. What is the name of Zikora's child's father?

5. What do Zikora's father and Aunty Nwanneka deliberately avoid asking Zikora about after the baby is born?

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