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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What confession does Zikora make to her mother, which her mother says is better left unsaid?
(a) She confesses that Kwame does not love her.
(b) She confesses that she does not love her.
(c) She confesses that she does not want the child.
(d) She confesses that she has had an abortion.

3. Who does ZIkora's mother suggest she call after she has been home with her son for awhile?
(a) Aunty Zwanneka.
(b) Kwame's parents.
(c) Her father.
(d) Kwame.

4. How do Zikora and Mmiliaku communicate most often?
(a) Letter writing.
(b) AOL messenger.
(c) FaceTime.
(d) Facebook.

5. What country did the narrator read has the highest maternal mortality rate?
(a) Canada.
(b) New Zealand.
(c) America.
(d) Australia.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What color onesie does Zikora's mother dress her son in the day they leave the hospital?

3. What does Zikora's son struggle with when they first get home from the hospital?

4. While nursing the baby after having him circumcised, what does Zikora do and why?

5. What does Zikora notice happens to the baby when her mother holds him?

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