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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 the narrator describe the expression her mother gives her when Zikora asks Dr. K how he would know how childbirth feels?
(a) Disappointed.
(b) Warm.
(c) Icy.
(d) Humorous.

2. What about the smaller nurse bothers Zikora to the point that she decides she will write a complaint after?
(a) Her rude demeanor.
(b) Her long fingernails.
(c) Her cellphone use.
(d) Her fake eyelashes.

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

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What word becomes Zikora and Kwame's word to describe a variety of things after they begin dating?

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

5. How does the narrator's mother respond to her expression of pain during labor?

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