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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 old was Zikora when her father married a second wife?
(a) 8.
(b) 9.
(c) 12.
(d) 16.

2. What do Zikora and her mother disagree about after the baby is born?
(a) Whether or not to circumcise him.
(b) What to name him.
(c) Whether he should be baptized.
(d) Whether to tell Kwame or not.

3. How old is Zikora when her mother tells her that her father will take a second wife?
(a) 12.
(b) 7.
(c) 19.
(d) 8.

4. 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 recurring image.
(b) It is a surprise.
(c) It is a relief.
(d) It is a repulsive image.

5. Who rushes to the baby when he cries at the very end of "Zikora: A Short Story"?
(a) Kwame.
(b) Zikora's mother.
(c) Zikora.
(d) Mmiliaku.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How many women work in Zikora's law office?

4. What does Zikora worry might happen to her while she uses her sitz bath after her son's birth?

5. What does the nurse tell the narrator she will get soon when the narrator asks for it at the beginning of the story?

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