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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What distant family member does the narrator think of who died during childbirth?
(a) Chinyere.
(b) Ugonna.
(c) Nwanneka.
(d) Mmiliaku.

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

5. In what ways does Zikora feel Kwame is unlike other successful Black men she knew?
(a) He does not dress well.
(b) He is not arrogant.
(c) He is rude.
(d) He is not wealthy.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the name of Zikora's child's father?

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

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

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