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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 brag to her cousin Mmiliaku when talking of her relationship with Kwame?
(a) She says it is an example of why one should not settle.
(b) She brags of how much money he makes.
(c) She says they are a better couple than Mmiliaku and her husband.
(d) She brags of their world travels.

2. How does the narrator's mother respond to her expression of pain during labor?
(a) She is unmoved.
(b) She is gentle.
(c) She cannot bear to see her in pain and leaves the room.
(d) She talks her through the pain.

3. 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 hugged her.
(c) She said she understood and apologized.
(d) She slapped her.

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

5. What does Zikora's mother say when asked if she can help still Zikora for the epidural?
(a) My pleasure.
(b) She does not need an epidural.
(c) She can manage.
(d) Anything to help my child.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What about the smaller nurse bothers Zikora to the point that she decides she will write a complaint after?

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