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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 10 - 24 .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Zikora's mother do after Zikora accepted food at Aunty Nwanneka's house when they went to visit her new baby?
(a) She slapped her.
(b) She said she understood and apologized.
(c) She told her she should live with them.
(d) She hugged her.

3. How does Zikora describe the woman she says she will never forget from Planned Parenthood?
(a) An Eastern European woman with wavy hair.
(b) An American woman with short gray hair.
(c) An Asian American woman with long, dark hair.
(d) An African American woman with short pressed hair.

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

5. What does Kwame say to Zikora in regards to her decision to have the baby?
(a) He tells her it is going to ruin her life.
(b) He tells her she made a decision that excludes him.
(c) He tells her he thought she never wanted children.
(d) He tells her it is the best thing that ever happened to him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What distant family member does the narrator think of who died during childbirth?

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

4. What is the name of Zikora's brother from her father's second wife?

5. 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?

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