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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Zikora feel when Kwame expresses his disapproval for the way Emmanuel treats Mmiliaku?
(a) She feels it sets him apart from men like Emmanuel.
(b) She feels Kwame should have a talk with Emmanuel.
(c) She worries Kwame is only pretending to disapprove.
(d) She feels offended because Mmiliaku is her cousin.

2. What does Zikora's mother say when asked if she can help still Zikora for the epidural?
(a) My pleasure.
(b) She does not need an epidural.
(c) Anything to help my child.
(d) She can manage.

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

4. Who does Zikora text after her son is born to say it is a boy?
(a) Mmiliaku.
(b) Her father.
(c) Donna.
(d) Kwame.

5. What about the smaller nurse bothers Zikora to the point that she decides she will write a complaint after?
(a) Her cellphone use.
(b) Her long fingernails.
(c) Her fake eyelashes.
(d) Her rude demeanor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Zikora tell Kwame on the night they break up?

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

4. What does Zikora want to prove will not get in the way of her work at the law firm?

5. How many children does Mmiliaku have when she calls Zikora from Nitel?

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