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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 the narrator do before moving to the edge of the bed and vomiting?
(a) She takes off her hospital gown.
(b) She asks everyone to leave.
(c) She says she feels sick.
(d) She cries.

2. What is the name of the hospital where Zikora is giving birth?
(a) East Memorial.
(b) St. Luke's.
(c) St. Anne's.
(d) West Memorial.

3. How does the narrator feel about the way the nurse tells her she is not progressing?
(a) She feels confused.
(b) She feels soothed.
(c) She feels she is being blamed.
(d) She feels something is wrong.

4. What does the nurse tell the narrator she will get soon when the narrator asks for it at the beginning of the story?
(a) Her gown.
(b) A drink of water.
(c) An epidural.
(d) Her baby.

5. What is the name of Zikora's brother from her father's second wife?
(a) Ugochi.
(b) Uchenna.
(c) Udama.
(d) Ugonna.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. Why does Zikora feel she is disgracing her mother in the delivery room?

5. How does Zikora feel when Kwame expresses his disapproval for the way Emmanuel treats Mmiliaku?

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