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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 country did the narrator read has the highest maternal mortality rate?
(a) America.
(b) Australia.
(c) New Zealand.
(d) Canada.

2. How does the narrator feel about the way the nurse tells her she is not progressing?
(a) She feels she is being blamed.
(b) She feels confused.
(c) She feels something is wrong.
(d) She feels soothed.

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

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

5. 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) Because the father is not there.
(c) Because she did not tell the father she was pregnant.
(d) She feels she is not handling the pain with dignity.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Zikora tell Kwame on the night they break up?

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