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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 want to prove will not get in the way of her work at the law firm?
(a) Her relationship with Kwame.
(b) Pregnancy and parenthood.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her mother.

2. What does Zikora's mother say when Zikora says she does not know what she will do when her mother leaves?
(a) She will be fine.
(b) She needs a husband.
(c) Her visa is a long stay.
(d) She should get a nanny.

3. What did Zikora's mother say when her husband's second wife offered them fish and plantains when they came to visit the new baby?
(a) She said she would never eat food in their house.
(b) She ignored the offered.
(c) She said they already ate.
(d) She said she hates fish.

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

5. 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 is his first love.
(b) That she will always be the first wife.
(c) That she gave birth to his oldest child.
(d) That he will live with them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Zikora ultimately decide not to call Kwame after her she and her son are home?

2. What about the smaller nurse bothers Zikora to the point that she decides she will write a complaint after?

3. Where does Zikora ultimately decide to go to university?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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