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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 says she feels sick.
(c) She cries.
(d) She asks everyone to leave.

2. What is the name of Zikora's child's father?
(a) Kwame.
(b) Kinah.
(c) Ugonna.
(d) Kali.

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

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

5. At what event did Zikora first meet her baby's father?
(a) A book launch.
(b) A friend's party.
(c) A wedding.
(d) A gala.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is the name of the hospital where Zikora is giving birth?

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