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

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. Why does Zikora feel she is disgracing her mother in the delivery room?
(a) Because she did not tell the father she was pregnant.
(b) Because the father is not there.
(c) Because she did not tell her mother who the father is.
(d) She feels she is not handling the pain with dignity.

4. 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 told her she should live with them.
(b) She slapped her.
(c) She said she understood and apologized.
(d) She hugged her.

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?
(a) She ignored the offered.
(b) She said she would never eat food in their house.
(c) She said they already ate.
(d) She said she hates fish.

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 does the narrator do before moving to the edge of the bed and vomiting?

3. What does Zikora's mother say when asked if she can help still Zikora for the epidural?

4. How old was Zikora when her father married a second wife?

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

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