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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 2 - 10 .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Zikora tell Kwame on the night they break up?
(a) She has been having an affair.
(b) She thinks she might be pregnant.
(c) She does not love him anymore.
(d) She is moving back to Africa.

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

5. What word becomes Zikora and Kwame's word to describe a variety of things after they begin dating?
(a) Cookie.
(b) Tasty.
(c) Nutty.
(d) Fancy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator's mother respond to her expression of pain during labor?

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

3. What country did the narrator read has the highest maternal mortality rate?

4. In what ways does Zikora feel Kwame is unlike other successful Black men she knew?

5. Where is the narrator at the start of "Zikora: A Short Story"?

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