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

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

3. What does Zikora tell Kwame on the night they break up?
(a) She is moving back to Africa.
(b) She has been having an affair.
(c) She does not love him anymore.
(d) She thinks she might be pregnant.

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

5. Where is the narrator at the start of "Zikora: A Short Story"?
(a) The lawfirm.
(b) Her mother's home.
(c) Her apartment.
(d) The hospital.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Zikora's mother do after Zikora accepted food at Aunty Nwanneka's house when they went to visit her new baby?

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

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

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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